404, Lot: 651. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
BOLIVIA, Colonial (as Alto Perú). Felipe IV. King of Spain, 1621-1665. AR 8 Reales (27mm, 26.55 g, 12h). Cob type. Potosí mint. Possibly struck 1621-1623. Coat-of-arms / Coat-of-arms. Cf. KM 10 and 19 (for type). VF, traces of earthen deposits in devices, rough surfaces.
Reportedly ex circa 1629 “Panama Hoard” (although ticket assigns it to the “Porto Bello Hoard”).