Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P. S-M19; KM-45; Cal-Type 319. 25.84 grams. Broad, barrel-shaped flan with full but weakly struck cross and shield and flat peripheries except for possible bottom of final digit of date (1640?), lightly toned, practically no corrosion. Pedigreed to the Isaac Rudman Numismatic Cabinet, with card from the salvors. From: Concepcion, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola
($150-225)