v56_0335 - PORTUGAL - KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL - SEBASTIAN Saint-Vincent (San Vincente) ou pièce de 1000 reais n.d. Porto
MONNAIES 56 (2012)
Starting price : 7 500.00 €
Estimate : 12 000.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 7 500.00 €
Estimate : 12 000.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Saint-Vincent (San Vincente) ou pièce de 1000 reais
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Porto
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 921,9 ‰
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 7,56 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce Saint-Vincent est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et présente de nombreuses traces de petits chocs. Exemplaire semblant avoir été monté en raison d’un léger liseré périphérique
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (TRIANGLE) SEBASTIANVS: I: REX PORTVGALIÆ.
Obverse description : Écu couronné de Portugal.
Obverse translation : (Sébastien Ier, roi du Portugal).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ZELATOR FID: V-SQ[...] ADMORTEM.
Reverse description : Saint Vincent, debout à droite, nimbé, tenant de sa main gauche la plame des martyrs, un bâteau de sa main gauche ; en accostement deux étoiles à huit rais.
Historical background
PORTUGAL - KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL - SEBASTIAN
(11/06/1557-4/08/1578)
Sébastien is the son of Jean III (1521-1557) and the grandson of Charles Quint by his mother, Jeanne. He was born on January 20, 1554. On the death of his father, he was under the regency of Catherine and Cardinal Henri. Sebastian's personal government began on January 20, 1568. Cevaleresque king, he decided to take the war to North Africa, but died in the battle of Alcaber-Kibir, August 4, 1578, leaving no heir direct. It was his uncle, Henri who succeeded him.
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