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Tostão 'V-L' – João III 1st Type, Lisboa mint
| Issuer | Portugal |
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| Year | 1521-1540 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned Portuguese royal arms — the quinas shield bearing five escutcheons in saltire, each charged with five bezants, set within a bordure of castles — flanked by the mint mark letters 'V' (left) and 'L' (right), denoting five vinténs value and the Lisboa mint respectively. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown of Gothic style. The surrounding legend, in Latin, reads +IOAИES:3:R:P:ET:A:D:GVIИE, identifying King João III as King of Portugal and the Algarves. The lettering is rendered in a Gothic Lombardic script characteristic of early sixteenth-century Portuguese hammered coinage. The coin exhibits the irregular flan typical of hand-struck issues of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a bold cross patée, its arms extending nearly to the inner beaded border, in the style of the Order of Christ cross widely employed on Portuguese royal coinage of the Manueline and Joanine periods. The cross is plain and unadorned, rendered in high relief against a flat field. The surrounding circular legend, in Latin, reads *IИ*HOC*SIGИO*VIИCES ('In this sign thou shalt conquer'), a motto of Constantinian origin adopted by the Portuguese Crown. The legend is separated by star-shaped stops and rendered in Gothic characters consistent with hammered silver coinage of João III's reign. The flan is slightly irregular, as expected of a hand-struck tostão of this era. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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