Segovia, Spain, milled 8 reales, 1586, no assayer, mintmark aqueduct with three arches and two stories, king's name as PHILIPPVS, colons after HISPANIARVM and between 5 and 8 of date, rare. Cal-704. 24.99 grams. First of this rare and attractive type we have seen or heard of from a shipwreck, with all details full and bold and also nicely toned, just a hint of surface corrosion all over, a premium shipwreck coin with the distinction of being probably the earliest dated coin ever salvaged (and first dated coin of Spain in any case). With hand-signed post card and original certificate from the salvor. From: Association, sunk in 1707 off the Isles of Scilly, southwest of England
($750-1500)