Watch List notes:

Lisbon, Portugal, gold cruzado, Afonso V (1438-81, struck 1457-81), dot below cross and ringlet in bottom-right quadrant, legends CRVZATVS : ALFONSVS : QVINTI / ADIVTORIVM : NOSTRVM : IN : NO, rare.Gomes-34.09; Fr-9.3.50 grams.Salvaged AU with light luster among the intricate details (full on both sides, including legends), choice survivor from the era of Portuguese exploration of the gold-bearing African coast of Ghana, no doubt the source for the metal in this coin.From a late-1400s wreck off Isle of Wight, south of England, with original certificate from the salvor.
($1250-2000)