^Lot 296 MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, 1702 L, Philip V, rare.

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, 1702 L, Philip V, rare. S-M21a; KM-47; Cal-1387. 27.23 grams. Curiously rhomboid flan with bold full oML inside full but very weak date, top left part of Philip V shield, most of cross, no corrosion but peripherally flat (as made), mostly toned. With original (laminated) Cobb Coin Co (Fisher) photo-certificate CB83-624, pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 25, with original lot-tag 412. Recovered from: Spanish 1715 Fleet, sunk off the east coast of Florida