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Ceitil - João III Group 6 - Castle with low wall, with or without door, all towers far from the wall
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1535-1540 |
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| Currency | Real branco (1415-1517) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | + IOHANES : 3 : R : P : A : D: G |
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The ceitil was Portugal's smallest denomination throughout the Age of Exploration, and João III's reign saw enormous quantities struck to meet demand from both domestic commerce and Atlantic trade routes — Ceuta, from which the coin almost certainly takes its name, had long established the type's practical role in low-value exchange across Portuguese-controlled ports. The Group 6 classification distinguishes this emission by the castle's low curtain wall configuration, a die characteristic Gomes used to sequence the type's likely chronological progression through the 1530s.
João III struck ceitis from multiple mints simultaneously, complicating attribution of individual pieces to specific facilities.