^Lot 422 Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer F-oD, with oM-F to left and 8-oD to right, rar

Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer F-oD, with oM-F to left and 8-oD to right, rare, NGC VF 35, finest and only example in NGC census. S-M14; KM-43; Cal-666. 26.61 grams. Choice full oMF and 8-oD flanking full shield, bold full cross-lions-castles (lions "D" but single-base castles), traces of toning. Advanced study shows that this variety is Philip II whereas another variety with 8-F to left and oMoD to right is Philip III (both rare and desirable as a brief and unexplained "double assayer"). NGC #6271337-002.