^Lot 51 COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, (1698) (AR8E).

COLOMBIA, Bogotá, gold cob 2 escudos, (1698) (AR8E). Restrepo-M66.20; S-B24; KM-14.2; Cal-902; Fr-4. 6.61 grams. Very small, thick flan with distinctive details in the nearly full shield (++ to left instead of bar for Austria) specific to the date 1698 with retrograde 6 and 9 and assayer's name as AR8E in shield-side legend, even though neither is visible in this case except for the bottom of 16, AU with very light sediment in crevices for good contrast, choice full cross.