^Lot 94 MEXICO, Mexico City, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer P to right, mintmark M to lef

MEXICO, Mexico City, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer P to right, mintmark M to left (oMo-oPo), motto as PLVS in right-leaning rhomboid panel. Nesmith-26 for type/26a; Cal-123; S-M4; KM-17. 13.11 grams. Rarer than the left-leaning panel type, this example is corrosion-free AU- with faint toning, full legends and interiors (with the pillars-side legend as HISPANIARVM, hence a later issue). Recovered from: “Golden Fleece wreck,” sunk ca. 1550 in the northern Caribbean