Description:
Obverse
Orla circled by the legend JOSEPHUS. I. D. G. PORT. REX. ET. BRAS. D.
In the center the coat of arms of the Portuguese crown of the reign of Dom José I.
Flanking the base of the crown, left the century of the date, or 17; the right the decade of the same, that is, 68.
Flanking the shield, the left, coined vertically and between points, numeral 320; the right, coined vertically and between points, two flowers.
Reverse
In the center an armillary sphere superimposed on the "Cross of the Order of Christ".
Orla circled by the legend, interrupted by the arms of the cross, with the words STAB. SVBQ SIGN. NATA
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