Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1154. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Felipe V. King of Spain, second reign, 1724-1746. AR Klippe 8 Reales (26.85 g, 12h). Mexico City mint; Manuel and Francisco de la Peña, assayers. Dated 1734. (rosette) PHILIPPVS (2 rosettes) V (2 rosettes) DEI (rosette) G (rosette) 1734 (rosette) , crowned royal coat-of-arms; •M above F• to left, o above M and 8 to right / (rosette) HISPANIARVM (rosette) ET (rosette) INDIARVM (rosette) REX, cross pattée with pellets at ends of bars over Spanish coat-of-arms; all within ornate octolobe. ME 9359; SCM 48; KM 48. Good VF. Exceptional strike.