^Lot 653 MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 2 reales, Louis I or Philip V, assayer D, style of 1724-29, rare.

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 2 reales, Louis I or Philip V, assayer D, style of 1724-29, rare. 5.57 grams. Neat shape with obverse struck so off-center that you get a full and bold oMD and 172 of date, no part of the king's name but solid bar for Austria in shield indicates Louis I or later, good full cross, light surface corrosion, lightly toned. With generic certificate from the salvor. Recovered from: HMS Assurance, sunk in 1753 off Isle of Wight, south of England