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Triton XIV, Lot: 1594. Estimate $500.
Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIRREINATO DE NUEVA ESPAÑA, Mexico. Carlos III. King of Spain, 1759-1788. AR 8 Reales. Milled columnario type. Ciudad de México mint; Manuel de León and Manuel Assorín, assayers. Dated 1761Mo MM. (rosette) CAROLVS · III · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; ·/M/M/(rosette) to left, (rosette)/8/(rosette) to right / (rosette) VTRAQUE VNUM ([He made them] both one) (rosette), crowned western and eastern hemispheres; to right and left, crowned composite column with encircling banner inscribed PLUS VLT(RA) (further beyond); all set on ground rising out of ocean waves; in exergue, mintmark and rosette on either side of 1761. Edge: wreath. Gilboy M-8-39; ME 11893; Calicó 888. In NGC holder graded AU Details, lightly toned, some surface hairlines.


From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.