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1/2 Tostão - João IV Date around the cross, Lisbon
| Issuer | Lisbon Mint |
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| Year | 1641-1642 |
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| Value | 1/2 Teston (Tostão) (50) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the Portuguese royal arms: five escutcheons arranged in a quincunx pattern, each charged with five bezants representing the five Moorish kings, the whole enclosed within a decorative bordure of castles. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by the partial circular legend. The design is characteristic of hammered Portuguese silver coinage of the period, with somewhat irregular strike and flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | IOANNES IIII DR REX P |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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