Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Zecchino - Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights Hospitaller) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1622-1623 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | St. John the Baptist, standing facing, nimbed and robed, raises his right hand in blessing while holding a banner-staff with his left; before him, the Grand Master Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos kneels in adoration to the right, his hands clasped in prayer. The circular Latin legend runs around the beaded border of the field, naming the Grand Master. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A nimbed standing figure of Christ facing, robed in long garments, holding a book or orb before his body; the central figure is surrounded by a ring of six-pointed stars, all enclosed within a beaded ellipse. The circular Latin legend DAMIHI VIRTVTEM CONTRA HOSTES TVOS runs around the outer border of the coin. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |