E-auction 490-400778 - fwo_727071 - PORTUGAL 200 Escudos Jésuite Luís Fróis 1997

PORTUGAL 200 Escudos Jésuite Luís Fróis 1997 AU

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Estimate :	16 €
Price :	9 €
Maximum bid :	12 €
End of the sale :	05 September 2022 16:35:00
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : 200 Escudos Jésuite Luís Fróis

Date: 1997

Quantity minted : -

Metal : copper nickel

Diameter : 36 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Edge : striée

Catalogue references :

KM20/698 - Gom.123.01

Obverse

Obverse legend : 1997 / REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA.

Obverse description : écu et dans le champ 200 ESC..

Reverse

Reverse legend : 1532 - PE LUIS FROIS - 1597.

Reverse description : Luís Fróis en discussion avec Oda Nobunaga, sceau de la Société de Jésus, signature et dans le champ HISTORIA DE JAPAM.

Commentary

Luís Fróis (1532-1597) est un prêtre jésuite. En 1548, il arrive à la mission jésuite de Goa dont le supérieur est François-Xavier. En 1563, il débarque au Japon où il deviendra l’un des premiers japonologues. Il y rédige un traité historique “Histoire du Japon”.
Luís Fróis (1532-1597) was a Jesuit priest. In 1548, he arrived at the Jesuit mission in Goa, whose superior was François-Xavier. In 1563, he arrived in Japan, where he became one of the first Japanologists. There, he wrote a historical treatise, “History of Japan.”