Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Mexico, Charles II, 8 Reales, Mexico City, assayer l [1677-82], 22.38g; 4 Reales, Mexico City, 12.40g (KM. 39, 46) [2]. Sea-salvage (£40-50)

Provenance:
Recovered in 1983 from the wreck of the East Indiaman Johanna, which sank off Quoin Point, 40 miles east of Cape Town, on 8 June 1682, and sold with further information