Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales Royal, 1677E, extremely rare, ex-"Americas" collection. S-P37b; KM-R25; CT-484. 13.23 grams. Broad flan with full legends and full but weaker inner details, two crowns, practically no doubling, attractively toned AVF with usual hole at edge (near left end of cross), desirable pedigree, only specimen known to us. Pedigreed to the Santa Rosa de Lima collection and to the "Americas" collection (Kagin's auction of August 1983, lot #1201) and to the Ponterio auction of March 1992, lot #793.
Estimate: $3000