v52_0987 - PORTUGAL - KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL - ALFONSO V 12 reais branco n.d. Lisbonne

PORTUGAL - KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL - ALFONSO V 12 reais branco n.d. Lisbonne XF

MONNAIES 52 (2012)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 162.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 165.00 €

Type : 12 reais branco

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Lisbonne

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 1,44 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Cette monnaie est frappée sur un flan irrégulier et présente des faiblesses de frappe au niveau des légendes. De petites taches au droit comme au revers

Catalogue references :

Gom.23.07 var. p. 132

Obverse

Obverse legend : + ALFONSVS: [QV]INTI: REGIS:.

Obverse description : Cinq écus du Portugal posés en croix.

Obverse translation : (Alphonse V, roi du Portugal).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + AD[IVT]ORIVM: NOSTRVM: IN N.

Reverse description : A couronné accosté de deux annelets ; au-dessous la lettre d’atelier.

Historical background

PORTUGAL - KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL - ALFONSO V

(1438-28/08/1481)

He was born on January 15, 1432. When his father died, he was only six years old. A period of regency then began under the authority of his uncle, Pierre, Duke of Coïmbra. At ten, he married his cousin, Isabelle, daughter of the regent. The regency ended on June 9, 1448. After the capture of Constantinople (in 1453), he twice launched attempts to conquer Morocco. He died of the plague on August 28, 1481 and was buried in the monastery of Batalha.