Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals, Cabinets & Books

MEXICO, Philip II, 8 Réales (2), 4 Réales (2), 2 Réales, all c. 1580, dates and assayer’s marks unclear (Cayón type 66 etc) [5]. Sea-salvage, fair to fine; sold with paperwork and four certificates £100-150

Provenance: All recovered from Rill Cove, near The Lizard, Cornwall; believed to be from an uncertain shipwreck dated c. 1618