^Lot 499 MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer O below mintmark oM to left, solid-dot stops i

MEXICO, Mexico City, cob 8 reales, Philip II, assayer O below mintmark oM to left, solid-dot stops in obverse legend, cinquefoil stops in reverse legend, ex-Hubbard. S-M11; KM-43; Cal-661. 27.14 grams. Attractively toned XF with full and well-detailed but slightly doubled shield and cross-lions-castles, much legend including most of PHILIPPVS•II• and (on the other side) ET flanked by cinquefoils, bold denomination 8 to right and full but doubled oMO to left, popular type as once believed to be the first "crown" of Mexico. Pedigreed to the Clyde Hubbard Collection, with his tag.