Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, 1653 E, dot-PH-dot at top above dot, series of eight dots flanking pomegranate above cross (rare), ex-Mastalir. S-P37a; KM-unl; Cal-unl. 24.68 grams. Good full pillars-and-waves with bold full dot-PH-dot above single dot at top, full but off-center cross with bold dot-E-dot to right and clear pomegranate with ornamental arrangement of four dots to each side, attractively toned VF, inexplicably underweight. Pedigreed to the Robert Mastalir collection and to Sedwick Auction 18 (lot 679).
($400-600)