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1/2 São Vicente - Sebastião I Lisboa mint
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Lisboa |
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| Year | 1557-1559 |
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| Value | 1/2 São Vicente (500) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the crowned Portuguese royal arms — a shield quartered with the quinas (five escutcheons bearing bezants) and bordered by the castles of the kingdom — surmounted by a royal crown. The armorial shield is rendered in fine relief typical of mid-16th century Portuguese hammered gold coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, reading SEBASTIANVS : I : REX : PORTVGALIÆ : ET, identifying the issuer as King Sebastião I of Portugal. The legend is set between two concentric borders, the outer of which shows a beaded or denticulated rim characteristic of Lisbon Mint production of this period. |
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| Reverse lettering | ZELATOR : FIDEI . VSQUE : AD MORT |
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| Mintage | ND (1557-1559) - AG# Se.65.01 (Inverted N) - ND (1557-1559) - AG# Se.65.01 (Normal N) - |
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