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Live auction - fwo_523732 - PORTUGAL - JOHN III Saint-Vincent (San Vincente) n.d. Lisbonne

PORTUGAL - JOHN III Saint-Vincent (San Vincente) n.d. Lisbonne XF/VF
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Estimate : 3 000 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 04 June 2019 19:34:26
Type : Saint-Vincent (San Vincente)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Lisbonne
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 921,9 ‰
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 7,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce Saint-Vincent est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Les reliefs sont moins nets au revers qu’au droit. Petite faiblesse de frappe à 2 heures au droit et tréflage au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la VSO 44, lot n°714

Obverse


Obverse legend : IO[A]NNES: III: REX: PORTV: ET. AL, (N RÉTROGRADES).
Obverse description : Écu couronné de Portugal.
Obverse translation : (Jean III, roi du Portugal et d’Algarve).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VSQVE ADMORTEM - ZELATOR FIDEI.
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.
Reverse translation : (Par ce signe tu vaincras).

Commentary


Ce type monétaire fut créé par la loi du 10 juin 1555. Il fut frappé à Lisbonne, comme cet exemplaire et à Porto. Les exemplaires frappés à Porto sont de la plus grande rareté. Variété avec les N rétrogrades au droit (Gomes n° 181-01).
This coin type was created by the law of June 10, 1555. It was struck in Lisbon, like this example, and in Porto. The examples struck in Porto are extremely rare. Variety with the Ns retrograde to the obverse (Gomes No. 181-01)

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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