Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (1st period), dissimilar lions (rare). S-P4; KM-4.2; Cal-525. 12.95 grams. Very broad flan with 100% full and choice details (even the outer borders of dots are mostly visible), old-toned AXF, remarkably with two different lions on the reverse (Seville lions at upper right and "flat" lions at lower left), the assayer B somewhat "boxy" as if hand-crafted from an L punch. Pedigreed to the Barry Stallard collection and to the Ponterio auction of December 1986, lot 977.
($350-500)