Choice Eight Escudos

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1159. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERU, Colonial. Felipe V. King of Spain, first reign, 1700-1724. AV 8 Escudos (27.06 g, 5h). Lima mint; M, assayer. Dated 1719. + PH[ILIPPVS V D G HISPANI]ARVM, cross potent over Spanish coat-of-arms / [IET INDIARV]M R[EX ANO 1719] , L 8 M/P• •V• •A/7 •I• 9 in three lines across field between two ornate columns set on waves; parsley leaf cross above. ME 9971 var. (dated 1720); cf. Calicó & Trigo 102; cf. Friedberg 7; cf. KM 38.1. Good VF. Well-struck for issue.