Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC > Treasure Auction 35 | Auction date: 7 May 2024 |
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Lot description: MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip III, assayer not visible, ex-Jones (Plate Coin). KM-44.1. 12.07 grams. Choice full cross despite thinning and moderate to heavy corrosion, the shield also full but minimal peripheral detail, darkly toned in crevices throughout. Pedigreed to the Dr. Peter Jones collection (Sedwick Auction 28, with original lot-tag 1454), plated on page 217 of his book The First Coins of the Americas (2020), and to the Ponterio auction of June 2002, with original lot-tag #614 and generic certificate. Recovered from: "Rill Cove Wreck," sunk ca. 1618 off Cornwall, England Estimate: $200 - $300 |