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Tostão 'L-G' - Sebastião I 2nd type, Lisboa mint
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1570-1578 |
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| Value | 1 Teston (Tostão) (100) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sebastião I inherited the throne at three years old in 1557 and ruled under regency until 1568. These tostões belong to his active reign — the years of mounting obsession with a crusade against Morocco that would culminate in the catastrophic Battle of Alcácer Quibir in 1578, where Sebastião died without an heir, triggering the succession crisis that eventually handed the Portuguese crown to Philip II of Spain in 1580. The coin thus circulated through the final independent years of the House of Aviz.
The 'L-G' mintmaster designation identifies the Lisboa die pairing for this second type issue, a distinction Gomes treats as cataloguable but not rare in absolute terms.