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1 Zecchino - Manuel Pinto de Fonseca
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights Hospitaller) |
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| Year | 1741-1773 |
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| Currency | Scudo (1530-1825) |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armored bust of Grand Master Manuel Pinto de Fonseca facing left, wearing a elaborately curled full-bottomed wig and a decorative breastplate adorned with a cross pattée. The effigy displays fine baroque portraiture with careful attention to the lace cravat and armor detailing. The Latin legend F.EMMANVEL PINTO M.M. runs along the upper periphery of the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned ornate shield of the Order of Malta, quartered with the arms of the Hospitaller Order — featuring alternating fields charged with bezants and the cross of the Order — surmounted by a Grand Master's crown. Decorative baroque scrollwork frames the shield on either side, and the divided Latin legend HOSPI.ET.S. / SEP.HIER. appears in the field around the periphery, referencing the Order's full title as Hospital and Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. |
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