Portugal (1475-79) real grosso
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This specimen was lot 42525 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $6,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. Real Grosso, ND (1475-79). Porto Mint. Alfonso V. PCGS AU-58. Struck for Castille & Leon. Obverse: Coat-of-arms of Portugal; P above, pellets-in-annulets around; Reverse: Coat-of-arms of Spain; C above, pellets-in-annulets around. Possessing absolutely staggering quality for the type, this alluringly toned near-Mint example provides a sharp, well centered strike and great toning highlighted by some golden-amber hues that pair exceedingly well with the gunmetal gray backdrop."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.37 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Gomes-A5-38.03.
- 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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