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Bazaruco - Filipe III Diu mint
| Issuer | Portuguese India |
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| Year | 1626-1628 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features an ornate Armillary Sphere device rendered in a bold, somewhat crude hammered style typical of Portuguese Indian colonial coinage. The device is enclosed within a beaded or rope inner border, surrounded by a partial circular legend reading PHIL III REX PORTVGAL in Latin characters, referencing Philip III of Portugal. The overall fabric of the flan is irregular and slightly scalloped at the edges, consistent with hand-cut planchets used at the Diu mint. The relief is uneven, reflecting the primitive striking conditions of the colonial workshop. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a bold cross pattée or cross of Portugal centrally positioned within the field, a standard device employed on Portuguese colonial copper coinage of the period. A partial circular legend reading ANTONIVS TELLES DUX surrounds the cross, referencing António Teles de Meneses, Governor of Portuguese India. The strike is characteristically weak and off-center in places, with portions of the legend merging into the rough edge of the irregular flan. The surface shows natural porosity and encrustation consistent with a copper issue struck under colonial field conditions at the Diu mint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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