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São Vicente - Sebastião I Lisboa mint
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1557-1558 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1557-1558) - Gomes# Se 68.01 - with inverted NN`s - ND (1557-1558) - Gomes# Se 68.01 - with normal NN`s - |
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Sebastião I came to the throne in 1557 at age three, under the regency of his grandmother Catherine of Austria. This issue belongs to the earliest phase of his reign, struck before the regency coinage conventions were fully rationalized. The São Vicente type draws its name from the patron saint of Lisbon, whose inclusion on royal Portuguese gold reflected a deliberate policy of tying crown authority to ecclesiastical legitimacy — particularly important during a minority reign vulnerable to political challenge.
Gomes 68 is among the scarcer Sebastião gold types, with surviving examples frequently showing uneven surfaces from planchet preparation rather than circulation wear.