8 reales. Spanish Monarchy. Shipwreck coins. Charles II (1665-1700). 1667. Potosi. E. Recovered from an unidentified wreck sunk around 1671 in Seville Harbor. Marine oxidation. With photo-certificate of authenticity. The city of Seville is located on the banks of the Guadalquivir River, about 80 km inland from the ocean port of Cádiz, where the galleons carrying treasure from the New World arrived. From there, the cargo continued upriver to Seville in smaller vessels. It is believed that, at some point in 1671, one of these vessels sank on the outskirts of Seville, or that at least its cargo was somehow lost in the river. In the mid-1990s, a significant group of Potosí silver cob 8 and 4 reales began to appear on the Spanish market, clearly from a salvage find, with no dates later than 1671 and mostly in good condition. Although initially lacking documented provenance, they were said to have been found in Seville Harbor during the installation of a fiber-optic cable across the river. It should be noted that coins of the same type, with characteristics identical to those attributed to the Seville wreck, have in recent years been offered as coming from the so-called “Señorita de Santa Cristina”, supposedly sunk in 1672 off Cádiz; however, no documentary evidence has been found for that vessel or its salvage. Choice VF. "Seville Harbour". Cal. 698. Ag. 26,35.

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Shipwreck coins. Charles II (1665-1700). 8 reales. 1667. Potosi. E. (Cal-698). Ag. 26,35 g. Recovered from an unidentified wreck sunk around 1671 in Seville Harbor. Marine oxidation. With photo-certificate of authenticity.

The city of Seville is located on the banks of the Guadalquivir River, about 80 km inland from the ocean port of Cádiz, where the galleons carrying treasure from the New World arrived. From there, the cargo continued upriver to Seville in smaller vessels.

It is believed that, at some point in 1671, one of these vessels sank on the outskirts of Seville, or that at least its cargo was somehow lost in the river. In the mid-1990s, a significant group of Potosí silver cob 8 and 4 reales began to appear on the Spanish market, clearly from a salvage find, with no dates later than 1671 and mostly in good condition. Although initially lacking documented provenance, they were said to have been found in Seville Harbor during the installation of a fiber-optic cable across the river.

It should be noted that coins of the same type, with characteristics identical to those attributed to the Seville wreck, have in recent years been offered as coming from the so-called “Señorita de Santa Cristina”, supposedly sunk in 1672 off Cádiz; however, no documentary evidence has been found for that vessel or its salvage. Choice VF. Est...600,00.

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Lot 274 | Spanish Monarchy

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