Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1870. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLUMBIA, Colonial. Ferdinand VII, King of Spain. 1808-1833. AV 8 Escudos (26.98 g, 12h). Popayan mint; Francisco Rodriguez and uncertain M, assayers. Dated 1817. FERDND•VII•D•G• HISP•ET IND•R•, draped and cuirassed bust right; •1817• below / •AUSPICE•DEO IN•UTROQ•FELIX•, crowned coat-of-arms within Order of the Golden Fleece; •P• •F•M• below. ME 15585; Calicó & Trigo 63; KM 66.2; Friedberg 61. Superb EF, fully lustrous with some frosting to the relief. ($1500)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.