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1/2 Tostão - João IV Without date, Porto
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1643-1656 |
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| Value | 1/2 Teston (Tostão) (50) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Portuguese royal arms arranged in the traditional quinas cross pattern, comprising five escutcheons bearing bezants, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend reads IOANNES IIII DG REX P, identifying João IV as King of Portugal by the grace of God, rendered in Latin capital letters along the coin's periphery. The die is typical of hammered coinage from this period, exhibiting irregular flan shape and uneven strike characteristic of seventeenth-century Portuguese minting practice. |
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| Obverse lettering | IOANNES IIII DG REX.P |
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| Edge | Plain |
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