Lima, Peru, cob 1/2 real, Philip II, assayer Diego de la Torre, P to left, dot-D to right, * below monogram, ex-Stallard. S-L4; KM-unl (5 for type); Cal-116. 1.68 grams. Choice full centers, with crisply detailed monogram and cross and crown, also with full P, dot-D and * and much legend, dark and slightly crusty AU. Pedigreed to the Barry Stallard collection and to the Bowers & Ruddy auction of June 1979, with original lot-tag 3565.
($125-200)