370, Lot: 674. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Felipe V. King of Spain, second reign, 1724-1746. AR 8 Reales (39mm, 26.33 g, 12h). Milled coinage. Columnario type. Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint; Manuel de la Peña and Francisco de la Peña, assayers. Dated 1739 Mo MF. Crowned coat-of-arms / Crowned western and eastern hemispheres; to right and left, crowned composite column with encircling banner; all set on ground rising out of ocean waves. Gilboy M-8-11; Grove 804; KM 103. VF, surfaces overcleaned, sea salvage.