CNG 87, Lot: 1944. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PORTUGAL, Kingdom. João III o Piedoso (the Pious). 1521-1557. AV Cruzado (23mm, 3.52 g, 12h). Lisboa (Lisbon) mint. · IOANES · III · R · PORTV (pelleted trefoil and trefoil stops), crowned coat-of-arms; to left, three pellets above R; to right, pellet above L / · IN · HOC · SIGNO · VIN (pelleted trefoil stops), cross; three pellets above. Gomes 88.02; Vaz J3.18; Friedberg 26. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the TJH Collection.