Modern coin – HCR153619

Obverse

Inscription:

PHILIPVS D G REX PORTV

Design:

Five shields arranged in a cross.

Reverse

Inscription:

IN HOC SIGNO VINCES

Design:

Plain central cross with flowers made up of five points in each quarter.

Information

Category

Portuguese Silver Coin

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Portugal: Kingdom

Person

Philip IV of Habsburg, king of Spain, king Portugal, (III), king of Sicily, king of Naples, king of Sardinia, duke of Milan, duke of Burgundy, count of Flanders, 1621-1665

Reign

Dating

1621 - 1640

Mint

Lisbon

Denomination

Half Tostao

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.44

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

Reference

Gomes, Moedas Portuguesas. : F3 03.08

Reference

Do Amaral, Catalogo Portuguesas, Vol. I : P640, no 2098

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