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1 Bastardo - Sebastião I
| Issuer | Portuguese Malacca |
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| Year | 1558-1578 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned Portuguese royal arms surmounted by a cross composed of pellets, the shield flanked and surrounded by four groups of three pellets arranged in triplet clusters, forming a decorative border around the central device. The design is executed in low relief consistent with cast tin-lead coinage of Portuguese colonial Malacca. |
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| Reverse description | Two crossed arrows pointing downward occupy the central field, flanked on either side by an initial letter, the whole enclosed within a double beaded circular border. The initials 'S B' reference King Sebastião I of Portugal, affirming royal authority over the colonial mint at Malacca. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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