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21–23 September 2016

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Lot

№ 1928

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23 September 2016

Hammer Price:
£130

Bolivia, Philip IV, 8 Réales, 1658, Potosí, assayer e, 24.58g/12h (Cayón 6503; KM. R21). Sea-salvage, good fine, date and assayer’s initials visible on both sides; sold with certificate £150-200

Provenance: Recovered from the wreck of the British Merchantman Piedmont, sunk off Chesil Beach, Dorset, 18 November 1795