Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1951. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO. Colonial. Carlos and Johanna, King and Queen of Spain. 1506-1516 (Carlos alone to 1558). AR 4 Reales (13.58 g, 1h). Mexico City mint; assayer Juan Gutierrez. Struck circa 1538-1540. CAROLVS 8 ET 8 IOHANA 8 REGES, crowned coat-of-arms of Castile and Leon; G M flanking / +HISPANIARVM 8 ET 8 INDIARVM°, Pillars of Hercules above waves; PLV SVL TRA / 4 between columns. ME 2945; Calicó & Trigo 86; KM18. EF for type, dark find patina. ($300)

From the John Davis Collection.