CNG 99, Lot: 1047. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Felipe V. King of Spain, first reign, 1700-1724. AV 4 Escudos (24mm, 13.65 g, 12h). Cob coinage. Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint; Jose E. de Leon, assayer. Dated 1713 Mxo J. [· PHILIPPVS · V · DEI · G · 17]13 x, crowned coat-of-arms; o/x/M/ J to left; [IIII (mark of value) to right] / [+ HI]SPANIA[VRM · ET INDIARVM · REX], cross crosslet within polylobe; crowned leaves in quarters. BW 18.2; Grove 862; ME 713; KM 55.1. Good VF, partially visible date.

Reportedly from the ‘Plate Fleet,’ sunk 1715.