Potosi, Bolivia, cob 1 real, Philip III, assayer M (pre-dated), quadrants of cross transposed, Sellschopp Plate Coin. S-P18; KM-7; CT-461. 3.18 grams. Bold P-dot-M to left of full shield, full cross-lions-castles (quadrants transposed) with just enough legend to see that it ends with a curved figure (ANO?) and not REX, nicely toned Fine with crude hole near edge. Plate Coin #384 in Sellschopp's Las Acunaciones de las Cecas de Lima, La Plata y Potosi, 1568-1651 (1971).
Estimate: $150-225