MEXICO, Colonial. Carlos III. King of Spain, 1759-1788. AR Medio real (17mm, 1.73 g, 12h). Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint. Dated 1774 FM Mo. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned coat-of-arms between banner-entwined pillars of Hercules. BW 24.7; KM 69.2. Lustrous. AU.
From the El Medina Collection. Ex Ponterio 101 (5 June 1999), lot 320; Emery May Norweb Collection (Christie's Dallas, 17 May 1985), lot 280 (part of), purchased from Seaby.