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São Vicente 'L-G' - Sebastião I Lisboa mint
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1557-1558 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | ZELATOR : FIDEI : VSQVE : AD : MORTEM |
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| Mintage | ND (1557-1558) L-G |
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Sebastião I was three years old when he ascended the Portuguese throne in 1557, following the sudden death of his grandfather João III. The regency council, led initially by his grandmother Catherine of Austria, needed functional coinage immediately — these early Lisboa strikes effectively predate any meaningful royal authority from the king whose name they would bear. The "L-G" privy mark combination places this piece firmly within a narrow production window before mint administrative changes later in the reign.
Sebastião would eventually die at Alcácer Quibir in 1578, triggering the Iberian Union under Philip II of Spain. Gold from his earliest regal years is correspondingly scarce.