Mexico City, Mexico, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer G between bottoms of pillars, motto as PLVS in left-leaning rhomboid panel with single annulets on either side, rare. Nesmith 11 for type/11; Cal-119; S-M2; KM-17. 11.94 grams. Despite corrosion on shield side rendering the legend there very soft, this dark-toned specimen has AU details, with just one other like it known to us (not atypical of Early Series coinage). From: "Golden Fleece wreck," sunk ca. 1550 in the northern Caribbean
($1250-2000)