^Lot 156 MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P.

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer P. S-M19; KM-45; Cal-Type 319. 26.56 grams. Oblong flan, very unevenly thick, with bold full oMP, nearly full shield, good full cross, nicely toned and corrosion-free but with strange round punchmark at lower-left lion. With original certificate from Captain Tracy Bowden through his contract with the Dominican Republic. Recovered from: Concepción, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola