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1000 Reais - Antonio Angra mint
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1582 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This issue dates to the year following Philip II of Spain's absorption of the Portuguese crown, a union that lasted until 1640. The Angra mint on Terceira island in the Azores had been a stronghold of António, Prior of Crato — the rival claimant to the Portuguese throne — and continued striking coinage in his name even as Lisbon had already submitted to Philip. By 1582, Spanish forces under the Marquis of Santa Cruz had defeated António's French-backed fleet at the Battle of Ponta Delgada, effectively ending his control of the islands.
Gomes An.14 is among the scarcer attributions in this contested series.