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São Vicente 'L-G' and arrows' - Sebastião I Lisboa mint
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda de Lisboa |
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| Year | 1559-1578 |
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| Engraver(s) | Gaspar Pais |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the crowned royal arms of Portugal at centre, consisting of the escutcheon bearing the five quinas (inescutcheons) and the bordure of castles, flanked on either side by a bundle of arrows — a dynastic device — with the mint letters 'L' (left) and 'G' (right) positioned in the field to either side of the shield. The arms are surmounted by a royal crown of elaborate form. The surrounding circular legend, struck in Latin, reads: + SEBASTIANVS : I REX : PORTVGALIÆ : ET L - G, identifying the issuer as King Sebastião I of Portugal. The lettering is rendered in Gothic-influenced characters typical of mid-sixteenth-century Portuguese hammered gold coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | + SEBASTIANVS : I REX : PORTVGALIÆ : ET L - G |
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| Mintage | ND (1559-1578) - Gomes# Se 70.02 Arrows without L_G - ND (1559-1578) L-G - Gomes# Se 70.01 - LG with arrows - |
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