1972 AD., Portugal, 400th anniversary of the publipication of the epic poem "Os Lusiadas" commemorative, Lisbon mint, 50 Escudos, KM 602.

Portugal, 400th anniversary of the publipication of the epic poem "Os Lusiadas" commemorative, engraver: M. Norte, Lisbon mint, 1972 AD.,
50 Escudos (ø 34 mm / 18,00 g), 0.650 silver, 18,00 g. theor. mint weight, mintage 1.000.000 , axes coin alignment ↑↓ (180°), reeded edge,
Obv.: IV · CENTENÁRIO · DA · PVBLICACÀO · DE "OS · LVSÍADAS" * / 1572 - 1972 , angel standing in front of a big lyre, wings spread, head left, holding feather and laurel wreath.
Rev.: REPVBLICA · PORTVGVESA / + / OS / LVSIADAS / M. Norte / * 50 · ESCVDOS * , book in front of cruciform design with ornaments, engraver´s name r. below, all within cicle, legends and value around.
KM 602 .

Year / Mintage
no date (1972) 1.000.000

Os Lusíadas, usually translated as The Lusiads, is a Portuguese epic poem by Luís Vaz de Camões (sometimes anglicized as Camoens).
Written in Homeric fashion, the poem focuses mainly on a fantastical interpretation of the Portuguese voyages of discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries. Os Lusíadas is often regarded as Portugal's national epic, much in the way as Virgil's Aeneid was for the Ancient Romans, as well as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for the Ancient Greeks. It was first printed in 1572, three years after the author returned from the Indies.