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Tostão 'L' - Manuel I Lisbon mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Portugal |
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| Year | 1504-1521 |
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| Weight | 9.8 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device features a plain cross pattée, boldly rendered in high relief and occupying the majority of the coin's field, characteristic of the crusading iconographic tradition prevalent in Portuguese royal coinage of the Manueline period. The cross is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. A continuous Latin legend encircles the design, reading IN HOC SIGNO VINCES ('In this sign thou shalt conquer'), a phrase referencing the vision of Constantine and widely adopted in Iberian royal numismatics as an emblem of Christian sovereignty. |
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| Reverse lettering | IN HOC SIGИO VIИCES |
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