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2 Zecchini - Manuel Pinto de Fonseca
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights Hospitaller) |
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| Year | 1742 |
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| Value | 2 Zecchini = 64 Tari (16⁄3) |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armoured bust of Grand Master Fra Emmanuel Pinto de Fonseca facing left, wearing a long curled wig typical of the early 18th-century baroque style, with elaborately detailed gorget and pauldron visible at the truncation. The effigy is rendered in high relief with finely engraved hair. The encircling legend reads F · EMMANVEL PINTO, divided by the bust, within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | F · EMMANVEL PINTO (Translation: Fra Emmanuel Pinto) |
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| Reverse lettering | M · M · H · ET · S · SEP · HIER · (Translation: Grand Master of the Hospitallers and the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.) |
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