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32 000 GBPPrice realized:
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*Spanish Colonial, a very roughly-cast gold ingot, circa 1750, also with engraved 'ΛV' (?) monogram beneath the Roman number 'XXXXIII', 106 x 101mm, .944 fine, with casting hole and stress cracks in the surface and considerable marine encrustation including barnacles in the indented and textured base. Ex The Uruguayan Treasure of the River Plate, Sotheby's New York, 24-25 March 1993, lot 760. Offered with a recent Assay Report prepared by Sheffield Assay Office.
(40000-50000 GBP)
The weight is 1,144.91g.