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CNG 99, Lot: 1116. Estimate $300.
Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PORTUGAL, Kingdom. Afonso V o Africano (the African). 1438-1481. BI Espadim – 4 Reias Brancos (22mm, 2.12 g, 9h). Lisboa (Lison) mint. Struck circa 1460. + ΛLFONSVS : D ЄI : [GRΛC]IЄ : RЄX, hand clutching sword by the blade; · Λ · to left; all within quadrilobe; annulets in spandrels and at cusps / + ΛDIVTORIVM : NOSTRVM : IN : N, coat-of-arms within quadrilobe; annulets in spandrels. Cf. MEC 6, 1013-6 (legends); cf. Gomez 23.13/23.05 (for obv./rev. legends); Vaz A5.75. Good VF, lightly toned, weak strike at edges.