Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1655 E, dot-PH-dot at top, pomegranate above cross, ex-Mastalir. S-P37a; KM-21; Cal-1509. 19.80 grams. Very choice for this wreck, with bold full pillars featuring PH above .8. at top and 55 date at bottom, also choice but slightly off-center cross-lions-castles (some surface corrosion on that side), richly toned, minor edge-split. Pedigreed to the Robert Mastalir collection. From: Consolacion, sunk in 1681 off Santa Clara Island, Ecuador
($350-500)