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| Emittent | Order of Malta (Knights of St. John) |
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| Jahr | 1726-1734 |
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| Referenz(en) | KM#194 |
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| Aversschrift | Latin |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Two right hands clasped in a handshake are depicted at the centre of the field, symbolising faith and trust, flanked by decorative stops. The date appears above the central device and the numeral V, denoting the denomination of 5 Grani, is placed below. The encircling legend ☩ NON · AES · SED · FIDES · runs between the inner circle and the outer rim, introduced by a cross pattée. The composition is characteristic of the didactic, motto-bearing reverses employed on Maltese copper coinage of this period. |
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António Manoel de Vilhena served as Grand Master from 1722 to 1736, a period during which the Order maintained its precarious but functional sovereignty over Malta under constant Ottoman pressure. The small copper grani denominations were the workhorse coinage of everyday Maltese commerce — bread, fish, basic goods — while the Order's silver and gold issues circulated in a far more rarefied world of diplomacy and tribute.
KM#194 is among the more frequently encountered Vilhena coppers, though surviving examples with unimpaired surfaces are genuinely scarce given the corrosive effects of Malta's maritime climate on copper.