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Vintém 'S, closed crown' - Sebastião I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Portugal |
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| Year | 1558-1578 |
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| Value | 20 Réis (Reais) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the crowned royal arms of Portugal at center: a shield bearing the five quinas (escutcheon of five blue bezants) with the bordure of seven castles, surmounted by a closed royal crown. The crowned initial 'S' of King Sebastião I appears above the shield, flanked by pellets. The entire device is encircled by a beaded inner border, with the Latin royal legend running continuously around the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | +SEBASTIANVS : I : REX *S* |
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Sebastião I ascended the throne at age three and ruled under regency until 1568, but the vintém coinage issued across his reign is more dramatically bookended by its end: he died at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir in 1578, leaving no heir and triggering the dynastic crisis that delivered Portugal into Spanish hands two years later. The 'closed crown' variants catalogued under Gomes Se.30 through Se.32 represent sequential die revisions across the reign, with subtle differences in the crown form used to distinguish them — an unusual degree of mid-reign modification for a denomination this small.