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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period), ex-Ponte, ex-Sellschopp (Plate).

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Cobs - Potosi Silver Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 375.00 USD
BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period), ex-Ponte, ex-Sellschopp (Plate).
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BOLIVIA, Potosí, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B (3rd period), ex-Ponte, ex-Sellschopp (Plate). S-P10; KM-4.2; Cal-525. 13.33 grams. Nicely toned AXF with full but slightly doubled shield and cross, most of crown and king's name in legend, interesting mid-period variety with small (broken) B for assayer, "tall, standing" lions in cross, and new castles with three unaligned windows. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and the Sellschopp Collection (Swiss Bank Corp. auction of September 1988, lot 495), Plate Coin 162 in Sellschopp's Las acuñaciones de las cecas de Lima, La Plata y Potosí (1971).