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.
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.