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Cruzado - João II Hybrid João II/Afonso V
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1481-1485 |
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| Diameter | 21 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | +IOAnIS:S€CUNDI:REGI:PORT |
| Reverse description | Central field features a large plain cross pattée set within a beaded inner circle, with Gothic floral or foliage ornaments occupying the four quarters between the arms of the cross, characteristic of Portuguese hammered gold coinage of the late fifteenth century. The cross is boldly struck and dominates the flan. The outer circular legend in Gothic script reads +ALFOnS:QUINTI:R€GIS:PORT, referencing Afonso V as king of Portugal, reflecting the hybrid nature of this transitional issue struck under João II but retaining Afonso V's reverse die. A cross or punctuation mark divides the legend at the top. |
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This piece occupies a genuinely odd transitional moment: João II took the Portuguese throne in August 1481 but the Lisbon mint continued producing cruzados using Afonso V obverse dies alongside new João II reverses while the machinery of changeover caught up with political reality. The resulting hybrids were never intended as a type — they are an administrative artifact, not a deliberate issue.
Gomes catalogues these under João II precisely because the royal authority behind the striking was his, whatever the dies said.