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1 Dinheiro - Sebastião I Arrows
| Issuer | Portuguese Crown |
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| Year | 1558-1578 |
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| Currency | Pardau (1509-1580) |
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| Obverse description | Central design featuring a bundle of arrows arranged in a saltire or cross pattern, with the arrowheads visible at the upper angles. The initials 'B' and 'A' (for Sebastião I, Rei de Portugal) appear in the left and right fields respectively, flanking the central motif. The overall composition is crudely executed in the hammered tradition of colonial Portuguese tin-lead coinage, with an irregular flan typical of issues struck at the Malacca Mint. The field surface is flat and undecorated beyond the primary device. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a stylized armillary sphere rendered in a highly schematic fashion, consistent with the Portuguese colonial iconographic tradition identifying the issuing Crown. The design is composed of intersecting curved bands representing the celestial rings of the sphere, set within a plain circular border. The execution is characteristically rough, reflecting the crude striking technique and soft tin-lead alloy used for this low-denomination colonial issue. No legend or additional inscription is present on the reverse. |
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