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| Emittent | Order of Malta (Knights of St. John) |
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| Jahr | 1720 |
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| Währung | Scudo (1530-1825) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Central shield bearing the quartered arms of Grand Master Marc'Antonio Zondadari, combining the cross of the Order of St. John with the Zondadari family arms, surmounted by a princely crown. The escutcheon is flanked by decorative acanthus scrollwork and rendered in high relief. The circular legend around the periphery reads F.MARCVS ANTONIVS ZONDADARI M.M.H.H, separated by a small ornamental device, with the inscription running continuously around the coin's inner border. |
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| Averslegende | F.MARCVS ANTONIVS ZONDADARI M.M.H.H |
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Marc'Antonio Zondadari served as Grand Master for only three years, from 1720 to 1722, making his coinage among the shorter-lived issues in the Order's monetary history. A Sienese nobleman by birth, he was the nephew of Pope Alexander VII — a connection that smoothed his ecclesiastical rise considerably. The 4 Tari was the workhorse denomination of Hospitaller silver coinage, circulating not just on Malta but across the central Mediterranean trade network the Order still maintained despite its increasingly ceremonial military role.
KM#162 is occasionally found with die-alignment inconsistencies attributable to the Valletta mint's small production runs under short-reigning Grand Masters.