^Lot 148 MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible (D, early 1630s).

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, assayer not visible (D, early 1630s). S-M18a; KM-45; Cal-Type 319. 27.02 grams. Broad, urn-shaped flan with no corrosion (full weight) but some peripheral flatness, nearly full shield and cross with distinctively exaggerated fleur-tips (ca. 1631), attractively toned all over. With original certificate from Captain Tracy Bowden through his contract with the Dominican Republic. Recovered from: Concepción, sunk in 1641 off Hispaniola