A SOUTH AMERICAN SILVER INGOT FROM THE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE ATOCHA PROBABLY PERU, CIRCA 1622

the massive "loaf-shaped" bar with top surface stamped with fineness [IIU]CCCLXXX, assayer initials (illegible), manifest number CCLXII, foundry date (illegible), and tax stamp or 'quito mark' of the Royal Seal of Spain, also incised with V mark for silvermaster Jacove de Vreder, owner's monogram MB, and with assayer's 'bite', further incised with three additional unidentified symbols or monograms, stamped on underside with recovery number A908 / 85 and with original grey plastic TSI tag
133⁄4 in. (34.9 cm.) long
917 oz. 10 dwt. (28,534 gr.)

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 October 2003, lot 123.