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Lisbon, Portugal, gold cruzado, Afonso V (1438-81, struck 1457-81), dot below cross, legends CRVZATV

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:1,250.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Lisbon, Portugal, gold cruzado, Afonso V (1438-81, struck 1457-81), dot below cross, legends CRVZATV
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Lisbon, Portugal, gold cruzado, Afonso V (1438-81, struck 1457-81), dot below cross, legends CRVZATVS : ALFONSI : QVINTI : REGIS+ / ADIUTORIVM : NOSTRVM : IN : NOMINE+. Gomes-34.04b; Fr-9. 3.50 grams. Akin to the Spanish 1 escudo (think Charles-Joanna period), with crowned shield on obverse and cross-and-tressure on reverse, but with Portuguese flavor, full Gothic legends and inner details, slightly wrinkled here and there but no worse than AU overall, with traces of luster and one faint red spot, rare wreck (exclusive supply). With certificate from the salvager. Recovered from: Unidentified 1400s wreck off Isle of Wight, England