A stunning silver Reale pendant mounted in silver with an inscription that reads ' Sao Jose 1622' with a sterling silver 26" chain.
Coin and mount measure 3.75cm x 3.75cm x 2mm.
All together it weighs 40g
The Sao Jose met her demise  on a reef off the coast of Mozambique in 1622 and sank.
The ship carried an impressive cargo - the legendary silver treasure of Philip III, King of Spain and Portugal, handed over to Francisco da Gama on his way to Goa, India. The shipment included nine chests or crates filled with thousands of silver reales coins produced in the Old and New World mints of Mexico, Bolivia and Spain.
Part of the treasures lost to the majesty of the sea when the São José sank were cob coins. Cobs are the original "treasure coins." Produced in mints in Mexico, Bolivia and Spain, the coins were all made by hand by forming slabs of silver and alloy into long rolls of irregular thickness. These rolls, while still warm, would be sliced with metal shears or a chisel. Depending on the mint, these blank slices were snipped to form basic round shapes. Since this was done by hand with much guesswork, many coins had flat edges from the trimming process. The leftover snips were collected, re-melted and used again. Due to this rudimentary process, no two cobs look exactly alike.
24,000 of these silver Reales were re-discovered by a Portugese marine archaeologist in 2005.
The coins had a date range from 1556-1662.