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2 Scudi - Antonio Manoel de Vilhena

Issuer Order of Malta (Knights Hospitaller)
Year 1728
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Currency Scudo (1530-1825)
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Obverse lettering F · D · AN : MANOEL DE VILHENA
(Translation: Fra Antonio de Vilhena)
Reverse description Two conjoined oval heraldic shields side by side beneath a single royal crown, set within elaborate baroque scrollwork cartouche. The dexter shield bears the cross of the Order of St. John (argent cross on gules), and the sinister shield displays the personal arms of Vilhena. The date 1728 appears to the left of the crowned arms, and the denomination numeral 2 to the upper right. The full encircling Latin legend runs around the periphery.
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Reverse lettering M MAGISTER HOS ET S S HIERVSA 1728
(Translation: Grand master of the Hospitallers of the Saint Sepulchre of Jerusalem.)
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