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10 Scudi - Manuel Pinto de Fonseca
| Issuer | Order of St. John (Knights of Malta) |
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| Year | 1762 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the quartered shield of the Order of Malta, combining the eight-pointed cross of the Hospitallers with the Pinto family arms featuring crescents, all surmounted by a grand master's crown above elaborate cartouche scrollwork. The escutcheon is flanked by symmetrical laurel branches forming a wreath-like frame around the central device. The circular Latin legend reading F·EMMANVEL PINTO M·M·H·S·S· is inscribed along the periphery, with the date 1762 incorporated into the legend at the upper left. The overall composition is executed in high relief with fine baroque detailing characteristic of mid-eighteenth-century Maltese coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | F·EMMANVEL PINTO M·M·H·S·S·1762 |
| Reverse description | Central field depicts a standing figure of St. John the Baptist in high relief, shown facing three-quarters right, draped in a camel-skin garment and holding a long staff topped with a banner or standard in his left hand, with a small lamb at his feet to the right. The figure is rendered in a baroque figurative style with considerable sculptural depth. The circumferential Latin legend NON SVRREXIT·MAIOR encircles the field, referencing the Gospel passage praising St. John. The denomination S·X (Scudi 10) appears in the lower exergue, separated by a dot. |
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