^Lot 63 Half-cut silver "splash" ingot, 21.2 oz troy (658 grams), with markings of fineness and foundry/assa

Half-cut silver "splash" ingot, 21.2 oz troy (658 grams), with markings of fineness and foundry/assayer cartouche, ex-"Golden Fleece Wreck" (ca. 1550). Roughly 7" x 3½" x 1/8". From a typically thin and freeform ingot (cast without mold), about half of it with natural edge but the rest showing a 4½"-long neat chisel-cut and two 2" crude breaks at a right angle that also caused a bend in that area, exhibiting more markings than usual for this wreck consisting of fineness in four boxes and foundry or assayer in rectangular cartouche, unfortunately all somewhat corroded and unreadable (XRF tested at 98% fine silver). From the "Golden Fleece Wreck" (ca. 1550).