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Escudo São Tomé - João III Lisboa mint
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1544 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | The royal arms of Portugal displayed on a crowned shield occupying the central field, surmounted by an elaborate Royal crown with floral and foliate finials. The shield features the quintas (five escutcheons arranged in a cross) charged with bezants, and a bordure of castles, rendered in the late Gothic heraldic style characteristic of Manueline coinage. A circular Latin legend runs along the inner border within a beaded outer rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length frontal figure of Saint Thomas the Apostle standing in the central field, robed in flowing drapery and crowned with a radiate nimbus, holding a long staff or lance in his right hand and raising his left hand in a gesture of benediction. The initial letters S and T flank the figure at mid-field, serving as an abbreviated attribution to the patron saint. A Latin devotional legend encircles the design within a beaded border, punctuated by ornamental stops. |
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