Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer not visible (style of 4th-period B), rotated lion, Grade 2. S-P12; KM-4.2; Cal-525. 11.06 grams. Round flan with superb full cross containing distinctive horse-like lions, the bottom-left of which is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise from normal (first we have seen for this period in this denomination), the shield full but corroded, somewhat silvery. With original Fisher tag and certificate 86A-135589, pedigreed to the J.P. Silberman Estate.Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida.
Estimate: $800 - $1200