Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer O below mintmark oM to left. S-M11; KM-43; Cal-662. 27.36 grams. Choice full shield and cross (toned in crevices), clear oMO to left inside a full GRATIA, otherwise flat in peripheries and with light old scratches on reverse, AXF, desirable first "crown" of Mexico after the practically unobtainable Charles-Joanna Rincon 8R.
($700-1000)