Lot 2793
Spanish Colonies. "1715 Fleet" Treasure Artifact: Large Silver Ingot. Circa 1715. Large silver bar, rectangular and roughly trapezoidal in section. Bar probably stamped with control marks, but which are hidden because the bar is thickly encrusted with sulfide crust, plus light sand, shell, and coral patina. Size: 6-5/8 x 3". Weight: about 2,452.5 grams. Rare.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500.
Note similar bars illustrated in Schulman Auction, NY, Dec. 2-4, 1974, but these from the half century earlier treasure ship, Maravilla
Ex " 1715 Fleet".
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| Realized $1,725 |
