^Lot 421 BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1653 E, •PH• at top, •pomegranate• above cross.

BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 8 reales, 1653 E, •PH• at top, •pomegranate• above cross. S-P37a; KM-21; Cal-1503. 26.89 grams. Solid and corrosion-free but lightly struck and with parts of edge crude (split, blunted), full pillars with particularly bold waves, nice full cross-lions-castles, three bold dates, plus all three mintmarks and assayers, toned in crevices. With original tag from the salvors. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador