Help with ID, silver cob with no date

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Coin diameter 21-23 mm, weight 6,68 grams. Weight is like 2 reales, but a picture on coin seems such large as 4 reales... I viewed spanish coins in „Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700 (4th Edition)“, but can‘t find same..., maybe this coin is rare?
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Quick WAG would be Toledo Mint. Study the castles on the cross side and you might be able to track down assayer. I would search through past auction catalogs and compare Toledo pieces. The denomination is a 2R.
 

Yes, a homeland Spain type... should be Seville mint by style. This is the late Philip II/early Philip III "OMNIVM" type referring to the legend writing) - 1597 to ca. 1610. Everything of this type for the Seville mint was assayer B (what... you can just see of the MM and assayer mark seems to match up.

PS - it's a nice chunky 2 Reales... very typical for the type.
 

Thanks a lot for answers
 

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