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1/2 Real of 10 Soldos - João I - Évora mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Portugal |
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| Year | 1386-1397 |
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| Currency | Libra (2nd Dinasty, 1383-1415) |
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| Obverse lettering | + ADIVTORIVN NOSTRVM IhnS € |
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| Edge | Plain |
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João I's claim to the throne rested on a 1385 vote by the Cortes of Coimbra rather than direct dynastic succession, and his coinage program was partly a tool for asserting that legitimacy across a kingdom still unsettled by civil war and Castilian invasion. The Évora mint was one of several provincial houses activated under his reign to meet urgent demand — the aftermath of Aljubarrota required paying troops, rewarding allies, and demonstrating administrative reach beyond Lisbon.
The three Gomes references covering this type reflect documented die variations across the issue's roughly eleven-year span rather than distinct emissions.