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BAZARUCO - Afonso VI Diu mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1656 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Crude frontal facing portrait of the Portuguese royal crown, rendered in a highly stylised and primitive manner characteristic of hammered bazaruco coinage produced at the Diu mint. The crown motif occupies the central field, flanked on either side by the letters D and O, denoting the regnal formula under King Afonso VI. The overall design is boldly struck but irregular in execution, reflecting the artisanal hammering technique employed at this colonial Indian mint. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A plain cross pattée divides the reverse field into four quadrants, with the date 1656 distributed across the quadrants in two-digit segments reading 16 above and 56 below, separated by the arms of the cross. The cross is rendered in a bold, simple style consistent with the hammered coinage of Portuguese colonial India. The reverse field is plain with no additional legend, and the flan shows the characteristic irregular edge of the hammered bazaruco series. |
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