Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
Collector's Choice Feb 2019 Auction 12-14 Feb 2019
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SPAIN. 8 Reales, ND (ca. 1590). Toledo Mint, Assayer M (•T M within O - •VIII), Alejo de Montoya (ca. 1590-92). Philip II. NGC EF-40.
27.38 gms. Cal-Type 177b #260; Cayon-3955; Calb-1724/5; Lopez-Chaves-Yriarte-Type III #1539; Her-291. Obverse: :+:PHI(LI)PPVS : II : (DEI :) GR(AT)IA+; Reverse: +HISPANIA(R)VM . REX. Virtually complete shield with pointed upper corners, clear bold mint mark, assayer's letters and denomination all within beaded boarder, partial king's name with clear ordinal "II" at 6 o'clock, legend begins with ":+:" and ends with "+" dating this example to ca. 1590. Full cross with clear lions and castles, pellets evenly spaced around octolobe (two per quadrant), all within a crude beaded border, much legend visible with about half as full letters. A SCARCE issue with nearly all of the pertinent design features one could ask for from this crudely manufactured series.
Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00
27.38 gms. Cal-Type 177b #260; Cayon-3955; Calb-1724/5; Lopez-Chaves-Yriarte-Type III #1539; Her-291. Obverse: :+:PHI(LI)PPVS : II : (DEI :) GR(AT)IA+; Reverse: +HISPANIA(R)VM . REX. Virtually complete shield with pointed upper corners, clear bold mint mark, assayer's letters and denomination all within beaded boarder, partial king's name with clear ordinal "II" at 6 o'clock, legend begins with ":+:" and ends with "+" dating this example to ca. 1590. Full cross with clear lions and castles, pellets evenly spaced around octolobe (two per quadrant), all within a crude beaded border, much legend visible with about half as full letters. A SCARCE issue with nearly all of the pertinent design features one could ask for from this crudely manufactured series.
Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00