$6,600
Denomination: 4 Reales
Denomination: 4 Reales
Reign: Philip III
Mint: Mexico
Assayer: not visible
Weight: 11.7 g
Date: Partial #618
Grade: Grade 2
Most of the coins recovered from the Atocha were minted in the New World and usually have irregular shapes. They were manufactured by cutting coin blanks from crudely cast bars of refined silver bullion; then clipped to the requisite weight, heated, and hand-hammered between crudely engraved dies.
Coins of Philip II (1556-1598) and Philip III (1598-1621) bear a simplified Hapsburg Shield on the Obverse. The legend, if complete, reads "PHILLIPVS II (III) DEI GRATIA." Philip II (III) By the Grace of God." The reverse has a cross with castles and lions in the quarters. The legend reads "HISPANIARVM: ET: INDIARVMREX," "King of Spain and the Indies."
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