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2 Tari - Antonio Manoel de Vilhena
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights Hospitaller) |
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| Year | 1723 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | At center, a bold Maltese cross occupies the field within a linear circle, with a single dot positioned above each of the four arms and a six-pointed star placed in each of the four angles between the arms. The cross is rendered in the characteristic splayed form associated with the Order of Malta. The surrounding circular legend, separated by a star divider, carries the Latin religious motto of the Order followed by the date of issue. |
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Antonio Manoel de Vilhena, a Portuguese nobleman who served as Grand Master from 1722 to 1736, oversaw one of the more ambitious building programs in the Order's Maltese history — Fort Manoel, begun in 1723, the same year this coin was struck. Funding that construction while maintaining the Order's naval operations against Ottoman and Barbary corsairs put genuine pressure on the mint at Valletta.
The 2 Tari sat at a practical denomination for everyday Mediterranean commerce. Vilhena's issues are generally well-documented by Restelli, though die marriages across his silver series still reward careful attribution.