Novamarketing Chiasso Medals Coins India F Portuguese India Portuguese Jose Rupee 17xx

# 586Rupee AD 17xx Jose IIndia F Portuguese - Goa
Portuguese India – Jose I, King of Portugal (1750-1777). D. Francisco de Assis de Tavora, as Viceroy of India (1750-1754). Rupia 17(52), Mint: Goa, Silver (ø 22 mm – w. 11.89 g.). Edge: plain. Peres 309-10, Gomes 51, Vaz Jo.54, KM 132.

Obverse:
Bust with long hair of King Jose I to right dividing the Latin legend (IOZE – PH I R(ex) P(ortugaliae) = Joseph I King of Portugal) and date (17xx) below.

Reverse:
Crowned coat-of-arms of Portugal in ornamental cartouche.

Note:
One private banker c/m on edge (quatrefoil).

Provenance:
UBS, Auction 55, Zurich, 16-18 September 2002, Lot 3898.

Literature:
Gerson da Cunha J. – Contributions to the Study of Indo-Portuguese Numismatics – First Edition, Bombay, 1880. AES reprint, 1995.
Gomes A. – Moedas Portuguesas e do Territorio que hoje é Portugal – Edição da Associação de Portugal, 5a Edição, Lisboa, 2007.
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1701-1800 – Krause Publications, 3rd Edition, Usa, 2002.
Peres D. – Catalogo Das Moedas Indo-Portuguesa do Museu Numismatico Português – Vol. 1,2,3. Lisboa 1963,1964,1969.
Vaz J.F. – Dinheiro Luso-Indiano (Indo-Portuguese Money) – Oficinas de Barbosa and Xavier Lda, 1a Edição, Braga-Portugal, 1980.