Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1952. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO. Colonial. Felipe V, King of Spain. 1700-1746. AV 8 Escudos (26.83 g). Mexico City mint, José E. de Leon, assayer. Struck 1706-1711. Crowned royal coat-of-arms; [o/x]/M/J to left, VIII to right / Crude Jerusalem cross within quadrilobe; lis in inner angles. Irregular "cob" flan. Cf. ME 9232; Calicó & Trigo 135-136; KM 57.1; Friedberg 6. Good VF for type, deep flan flaw in center of arms. ($2000)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.