Watch List notes:

Mexico, Charles III (1759-88), gold 8 Escudos, 1763 MM, Mexico City mint, draped and cuirassed bust right with 'rat nose', date below, Latin legend surrounding, CAROLUS. III. D. G. HISP. ET. IND. REX, rev. crowned shield within order chain, assayer's mark and Mint letter below, Latin legend surrounding, IN. UTROQ. FELIX. AUSPICE. DEO., edge engrailed, 27.06g (KM-155; Onza 745). Once wiped with hairlines, residual brilliance at peripheries, about very fine, a rare early Mexican type.

Provenance:
Ex Bonhams, London, 21st November 2018, lot 445.

(£2,000-£3,000)