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1/5 'Real de 10 Soldos' - João I Porto Mint

Issuer Portugal
Year 1385-1397
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Diameter 17 mm
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Obverse lettering +ADIVTORIVn- * nOST IO P
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Reverse script Latin
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João I's accession in 1385 followed the Battle of Aljubarrota, which severed the Castilian claim to the Portuguese throne and left the new Avis dynasty needing to assert itself quickly through coinage. The Porto mint, historically secondary to Lisbon, saw elevated activity during this period partly because the northern city had been a loyalist stronghold throughout the succession crisis.

The fractional real de dez soldos series presents attribution difficulties; the Gomes 33.02 designation distinguishes this emission from closely related Porto issues by subtle die characteristics that remain debated among specialists.

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