^Lot 1054 COLOMBIA, Bogotá, 8 reales-sized proclamation medal, Charles III, 1760, eagle facing right, very rar

COLOMBIA, Bogotá, 8 reales-sized proclamation medal, Charles III, 1760, eagle facing right, very rare, NGC AU details / cleaned, ex-Adams, ex-Santander. Restrepo-4 (p. 111); Herrera-93, Medina-109, and Betts-491 but with eagle reversed. 40 mm. Obverse with armored bust of Charles III (signed by engraver BENTO on truncation) within legend CAROLO III . HISP . CATH . REGI . ET IND . IMP.; reverse with eagle (head facing right) with wings spread within legend SANCTA FIDES PRAESTAT FIDEM, with OCT. IDUUM AUG. / M.DCC.LX. in exergue. Low contrast from light toning that almost completely obscures any evidence of cleaning, important as contemporary with the extremely rare "pillar dollars" made in Colombia, with excellent pedigree to boot. We can trace only one other example of this variety sold in recent years. Pedigreed to the Santander Collection (Sedwick Auction 26, lot 1135), stated on label, the John Adams Collection (Stack's Bowers auction of January 2015, lot 1044), and the Ponterio auction of April 1997 (lot 271).
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