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Tostão 'P-O' – João III 3rd type, Porto
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1555-1557 |
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| Weight | 9.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned Portuguese royal shield, featuring the quintas (five escutcheons arranged in a cross, each charged with five bezants in saltire) and the bordure of seven castles, all surmounted by an ornate royal crown. The mint mark 'P' appears to the left of the shield and 'O' to the right, identifying the Porto mint. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, reading IOANES III REX POR P-O, rendered in Gothic lettering typical of mid-sixteenth-century Iberian hammered coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | IOANES III REX POR P-O |
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| Reverse lettering | IN HOC SIGNO VINCES |
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