^Lot 296 MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip III or IV, assayer not visible.

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip III or IV, assayer not visible. 24.52 grams. Solid flan with virtually no corrosion but much peripheral flatness, still with most of cross and top-right part of shield next to full and bold denomination 8, scarce as a cob from this wreck. Pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 19, with original lot-tag 396 and sticker CCB303 from the salvor. Recovered from: Campen, sunk in 1627 off the Isle of Wight, south of England