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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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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of Saint Vincent, patron saint of Portugal and Lisbon, depicted in deacon's vestments and a plumed helmet-like headpiece, holding a model of a sailing vessel (carrack) in his right hand and a palm frond in his left — emblems of his martyrdom and Portugal's maritime dominion. The saint is rendered in bold hammered relief with strong Gothic stylization. The surrounding peripheral legend in Latin reads ZELATOR : FIDEI : VSQVE : AD : MORTEM, meaning 'Zealot of the Faith even unto Death,' a deeply devotional inscription befitting the reign of Sebastião I. The design fills the flan with characteristic irregularity of hammered coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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