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Tostão 'P-R' or 'R-P'- Sebastião I 1st type, Porto mint
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1557-1570 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the crowned Portuguese royal arms — the quinas shield bearing five escutcheons in saltire, each charged with five bezants, enclosed within the bordure of seven castles — all surmounted by a royal crown. The mint marks P and R flank the shield at left and right respectively, with small decorative rosettes or mullets separating them from the shield. A continuous beaded border frames the design, and the circular Latin legend reads SEBASTIANVS I REX PORTVGALIAE ET P-R, interrupted by punctuation marks, running around the outer rim in Gothic-influenced lettering characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century Portuguese coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | SEBASTIANVS : I : REX : PORTVGALIAE ; ET P-R |
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