Portugal (1457) real grosso
This specimen was lot 42524 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $4,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. Real Grosso, ND (1457). Porto Mint. Alfonso V. PCGS AU-55. Obverse: Crown above ALFQ; P below; Reverse: Cruciform shields within double polylobe, with pellets-in-annulets in angles. Emanating from a lesser-encountered mint, this SCARCE, nearly-Uncirculated specimen provides a well centered and well executed strike upon each side, with an alluring deep gray nature to the toning observed. Some glints of brilliance are even seen among the protected areas, simply elevating its overall appeal that much more."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.34 g, 0.917 fine silver, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Gomes-A5-26.05 (this coin illustrated).
- Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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