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3 Reais - Sebastião I
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1557-1578 |
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| Value | 3 Réis (Reais) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the royal name of King Sebastião I of Portugal, struck in two or three lines across the flan in bold Gothic-influenced capital letters (SEBAS / TIA / NVS or variant), surmounted by the Roman numeral I denoting the king's ordinal, typically enclosed within pellets or a decorative stop. A partial Latin circumferential legend referencing the royal titles of Portugal, the Algarves, and Africa encircles the inscription, though the irregular hammered flan frequently causes portions of the legend to be partially struck or off-flan. The overall style is characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century Portuguese hammered copper coinage, with a somewhat crude but bold letterstyle. |
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| Obverse lettering | Se 16 PORTVG ET ALGARB REX AFFRIC SEBAST / IANVS / *I* Se 17 SEBAS / TIA / NVS / *I* |
| Reverse description | Central device displays the Portuguese royal arms: a shield quartered with the five escutcheons of Portugal each charged with five bezants in saltire, and a bordure of castles, the entire composition surmounted by a royal crown. The shield is set within a plain inner border, and a beaded or cable outer border runs along the coin's periphery where the irregular flan allows. The heraldic composition is rendered in the compact, somewhat stylized manner typical of hammered Portuguese copper coinage of the mid-sixteenth century, with the die work showing the customary variation in strike quality. |
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