Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B/L (1st period)

Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, Philip II, assayer B/L (1st period). S-P4; KM-4.2; Cal-unl. 13.50 grams. Nice AXF with well-detailed (but very slightly doubled) full shield and crown, clear P-B with tiny P and the B either punched over or made from an L, full cross-lions-castles ("flat" lions), nearly full legends, attractively toned on fields and with a couple dark stains near edge. Pedigreed to the Barry Stallard collection.
($250-375)