CoinsMexican18th century
8 Reales of Mexico
1799
Description
Obv.: bust of Charles IV facing r.; small countremarks. Rev.: crowned arms of Spain between two pillars.
Dimensions
26.75g
Provenance
Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (-2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to The Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
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