Details
LOT 3634
Bolivia, Colonial (as Alto Peru). Felipe II, King of Spain AR 8 Reales. 1556-1598.
Potosí mint; uncertain date. Assayer A. Cob issue. Crowned Hapsburg coat-of-arms; P A to left, O VIII to right / Arms of Castille and Leon in quarters of Jerusalem cross, all within ornate quadrilobe. S P11; KM 5.1; Cal 674. Very Fine. Double obverse struck. Very rare assayer.(26.84gr, 38mm, 4h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Footnotes
Recovered 1985 from Atocha Shipwreck.
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LOT 3634
Bolivia, Colonial (as Alto Peru). Felipe II, King of Spain AR 8 Reales.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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