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PORTUGAL, Lisbon, gold cruzado, Afonso V (1438-81), struck 1457-81, dot below cross, legends +CRV?AT

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PORTUGAL, Lisbon, gold cruzado, Afonso V (1438-81), struck 1457-81, dot below cross, legends +CRV?AT
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PORTUGAL, Lisbon, gold cruzado, Afonso V (1438-81), struck 1457-81, dot below cross, legends +CRV?ATVS:ALFONSVS:QUINTI:REG / +ADIVTORIUm:NOSTRVm:IN:NOmiN with all N's inverted and all m's Gothic. Gomes-31; Fr-9. 3.49 grams. Sharp AU with traces of luster, patches of red toning, full legends and fine details all over, early type of coin rarely found on shipwrecks. With original photo-certificate from the salvor (Martin Woodward). Recovered from: Unidentified early-1400s wreck off Isle of Wight, south of England