Watch List notes:

PORTUGAL, Kingdom. Fernando I o Formoso (the Handsome). 1367-1383. BI Tornes de Busto (28mm, 3.73 g, 1h). Lisboa (Lisbon) mint. + SI : DnS : mIChI : AIVTOR : nOn : TIm :, crowned head left; + L flanking / + FЄRnAnDVS : D : G : RЄX : PORTVGALI :, five shields, cruciform. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 351; Gomes 66.01.b.e; Vaz Fe.25; MEC 6, 891 var. (legends). Toned, typical porosity. Good VF. Very minor edge loss. Rare.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Paulo Esteves Lda., January 2019.