Cartagena, Colombia, cob 2 reales, Philip III (posthumous), no assayer in Winter Park, FL
Cartagena, Colombia, cob two reales, Philip III (posthumous), no assayer, mintmark SF to left (1622), Grade 1, from the Atocha (1622), extremely rare. Restrepo-M4.1. 6.six grams. Very solid coin for salvage (no corrosion, AU information, toned), with choice full (well-detailed) shield and SF (perched very high, as if to leave room for an assayer-mark below it that never materialized), the cross-lions-castles also well-detailed but incomplete due to poor centering (with full [HISP]ANIARVM as a result), the date off the flan but this type only struck in 1 year, and probably only as a sort of pattern. We have sold only 1 other example (Auction #11), and that coin did not show the mintmark. From the Atocha (1622), with Fisher tag and certificate #94A-1622.Listing originally posted at http