Watch List notes:

PORTUGAL, Kingdom. João III o Piedoso (the Pious). 1521-1557. AV Cruzado (24mm, 3.11 g, 12h). Lisboa (Lisbon) mint. IOANES III R PORTV, crowned coat-of-arms; L surmounted by pellet and R surmounted by three pellets across field; trilobe stops / Retrograde IN HOC SIGNO VIC, cross; three pellets above top bar; trilobe stops. Cf. Gomez 87.03 (for type, but with normal rev. legend); cf. Vaz J3.05 (same); Friedberg 26. VF, minor traces of deposits.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.25840).