E-auction 673-708844 - fwo_1063546 - PORTUGAL 200 Escudos Irmao Bento de Gois, côtes de la Chine 1997 Lisbonne

PORTUGAL 200 Escudos Irmao Bento de Gois, côtes de la Chine 1997 Lisbonne AU

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Estimate :	16 €
Price :	4 €
Maximum bid :	4 €
End of the sale :	09 March 2026 16:34:40
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : 200 Escudos Irmao Bento de Gois, côtes de la Chine

Date: 1997

Mint name / Town : Lisbonne

Quantity minted : 650000

Metal : copper nickel

Diameter : 35,8 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 21,10 g.

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

KM20/700 - Gom.125.01

Obverse

Obverse legend : ·REPUBLICA·PORTUGUESA·1997 // 200 ESC. INCM A. MARINHO .

Obverse description : Au centre croix de l’Ordre du Christ et à droite écu de la Maison de Bragance.

Reverse

Reverse legend : IRMÃO BENTO DE GÓIS · 1562 · CHINA · 1607.

Reverse description : Côtes de la Chine, soleil avec inscription IHS et portait de trois-quart à droite de Bento de Gois.

Commentary

Bento de Gois(1562-1607) est un frère jésuite né aux Açores. partir de Goa, il rejoint l’Afghanistan et suit la Route de la Soie jusqu’au SinKiang aux portes de la Chine. Malade, il n’atteindra Pékin et meurt dans l’actuelle ville de Jiuquan.
Bento de Gois (1562-1607) was a Jesuit friar born in the Azores. From Goa, he traveled to Afghanistan and followed the Silk Road to Sin Kiang, at the gates of China. Ill, he never reached Beijing and died in the present-day city of Jiuquan.