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<p>[QUOTE="talerman, post: 8318777, member: 89314"]PORTUGAL Vintem (20 Réis) n.d. - mule with Sebastiao I (1557-78) obv. and Filipe I (1580-98) 40 Réis rev.; this is an error - although marked XX XX, the coin is size (19 mm) and weight (1.71 g) of 20 Réis</p><p><br /></p><p>After the death of Henrique I without children in 1580, there were three contenders for the throne: Dom António, Prior of Crato, the illegitimate son of Prince Louis, Duke of Beja, Manuel I’s second son, Catherine of Braganza and Philip II of Spain, all grandchildren of King Manuel I. Dom António was proclaimed King of Portugal in Santarém on 19 July 1580 but ruled for only 20 days before his defeat by Philip II's armies at the Battle of Alcântara on 25 August He set up an opposition government on the island of Terceira, in the Azores, which had remained loyal to him, which lasted until the Spaniards occupied the islands in 1583. </p><p><br /></p><p>Philip II of Spain ruled as Philip I (Filipe I) of Portugal. This mule was presumably struck in error in the confusion at the beginning of his reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473234[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1473235[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="talerman, post: 8318777, member: 89314"]PORTUGAL Vintem (20 Réis) n.d. - mule with Sebastiao I (1557-78) obv. and Filipe I (1580-98) 40 Réis rev.; this is an error - although marked XX XX, the coin is size (19 mm) and weight (1.71 g) of 20 Réis After the death of Henrique I without children in 1580, there were three contenders for the throne: Dom António, Prior of Crato, the illegitimate son of Prince Louis, Duke of Beja, Manuel I’s second son, Catherine of Braganza and Philip II of Spain, all grandchildren of King Manuel I. Dom António was proclaimed King of Portugal in Santarém on 19 July 1580 but ruled for only 20 days before his defeat by Philip II's armies at the Battle of Alcântara on 25 August He set up an opposition government on the island of Terceira, in the Azores, which had remained loyal to him, which lasted until the Spaniards occupied the islands in 1583. Philip II of Spain ruled as Philip I (Filipe I) of Portugal. This mule was presumably struck in error in the confusion at the beginning of his reign. [ATTACH=full]1473234[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1473235[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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