fwo_610440 - PORTUGAL - JOHN III 40 Réis n.d. Lisbonne
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Type : 40 Réis
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Lisbonne
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 916 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,36 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et aplati à 12 heures. Usure régulière de circulation
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : R. PORTVGALIE: AL: D: G: C. N: C: N: C: E..
Obverse description : “IO.III // XXXX “ sous une couronne dans un cercle perlé.
Obverse translation : (Jean III, roi du Portugal et d’Algarve).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IN HOC SIGNO VINCES.
Reverse description : Croix latine et quatre annelets.
Reverse translation : (Par ce signe tu vaincras).
Historical background
PORTUGAL - JOHN III
(1521-1557)
John was born in Lisbon in 1502. He became King of Portugal in 1521 and succeeded his father Manuel I. He died in 1557 in Lisbon. Large-scale trade was developed during his reign and the first European post in China was opened in Macau in 1557. None of the nine children he had with Catherine of Austria survived him. His grandson Sebastian succeeded him in 1557.
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