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LOT 3722
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.).
Provenance
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Footnotes
Likely recovered 1985 from Atocha Shipwreck.
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LOT 3722
Bolivia, Colonial (as Alto Peru). Felipe II, King of Spain AR 8 Reales.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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