Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Mexico, Philip IV, cob 8 Réales, date not visible, assayer D, 26.82g/3h (Cayón 6189). Some slight surface deposit, otherwise about very fine for issue £180-£220

Provenance: Recovered from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia. The assayer’s initial D was used at Mexico City from 1621-37

Provenance: Recovered from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia. The assayer’s initial D was used at Mexico City from 1621-37. Revised estimate £180-220