1702 Meresteyn Wreck silver coins comprising Spanish Netherlands Ducaton 1665 Philip IV KM 72.1, mm [hand] Antwerp, 1667 Charles II KM 79.2, mm [tree] Hertogenbosch; Flanders Ducaton 1656 Philip IV KM 50, mm [Lis] Bruges; Netherlands Holland Silver Rider 1676 KM 51, mm [rose] Dordrecht; plus unidentifiable coin embedded in piece of compressed sediment; coins with some pitting, VG/gVG. The Dutch East Indiaman Meresteyn, carrying 18 cases of treasure, wrecked in 1702 near the entrance to Saldanha Bay, Cape of Good Hope, in presentation box with annotated photograph (1978). (Qty 5) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500