CNG 97, Lot: 959. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SPAIN, Reino de España. Carlos III. 1759-1788. AV 8 Escudos (36.4mm, 27.06 g, 12h). Sevilla (Seville) mint; Carlos Jimenez Almaraz and Manuel de Lamas, assayers. Dated 1787/6 S CM/C. Armored and draped bust right; below, date flanked by rosettes / Crowned coat-of-arms within Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. ME 12999; NE –; Onza 841; Leu 80, lot 931. Near EF, toned. Quadrilobe banker’s mark in left field of obverse. Very rare with overdate and CM over C.