Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2015 ANA Auction - Sessions B-C 14 August 2015
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PORTUGAL. 500 Reis (Cruzado), ND (1560-78). Sebastian I (1557-78). NGC AU-55.
Fr-41; Gomes-57.05. Struck under Dom Sebastião towards the end of the House of the Avis dynasty, a time of great distress in Portugal. His rule ended with a crushing defeat in the battle of Alcácer-Quibir (1578) during a crusade against Morocco. Sebastião perished in the battle along with most of the Portuguese nobility, and temporarily ended Portuguese independence. The coin itself shows no signs of battle. A real jewel in a splendid state of preservation, with a great strike and flashy luster. NGC AU-55.
Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00
Fr-41; Gomes-57.05. Struck under Dom Sebastião towards the end of the House of the Avis dynasty, a time of great distress in Portugal. His rule ended with a crushing defeat in the battle of Alcácer-Quibir (1578) during a crusade against Morocco. Sebastião perished in the battle along with most of the Portuguese nobility, and temporarily ended Portuguese independence. The coin itself shows no signs of battle. A real jewel in a splendid state of preservation, with a great strike and flashy luster. NGC AU-55.
Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00