^Lot 1457 PERU, Lima, gold cob 8 escudos, 1712 M, legend starting at 6 o'clock, ex-1715 Fleet, mounted pillars

PERU, Lima, gold cob 8 escudos, 1712 M, legend starting at 6 o'clock, ex-1715 Fleet, mounted pillars-side out in 18K gold bezel with fixed bail. 33.21 grams total. Bright lemon-yellow color with full pillars and cross (mounted pillars-side up but with cross side almost with left arm up), much legend (including a second date), on the cross side starting at 6 o'clock, AU details, the high-karat gold bezel a wide, flat ribbon molded around the coin and the four prongs merely ornamental, small teardrop bail on top. From the 1715 Fleet, pedigreed to Sedwick Auction 19, with original lot-tag 17.