Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
4 Tari - Manuel Pinto de Fonseca
| Issuer | Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
|---|---|
| Year | 1768 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Armored bust of Grand Master Manuel Pinto de Fonseca facing right, wearing a cuirass with elaborately detailed gorget and a long curled wig. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine engraving of the armor's surface detail. The circular legend reads F·EMMANVEL PINTO M·M· with the date 1768 appearing in the lower exergue area below the truncation. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | F·EMMANVEL PINTO M · M · 1768 |
| Reverse description | The quartered heraldic shield of the Order of Malta, displaying alternating fields of vertical bars and crescents, set within an ornate baroque cartouche with scrollwork supporters. The shield is surmounted by a Grand Master's crown with foliate decoration. The circular legend surrounding the design reads M·M·H·ET·S·SEP·HEIRVS T 4, with the denomination numeral 4 incorporated into the legend at lower right. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |