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8 Tari - Antonio Manoel de Vilhena
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights Hospitaller) |
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| Year | 1722-1723 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Grand Master Antonio Manoel de Vilhena facing right, wearing a long flowing wig with elaborate curls typical of early 18th-century baroque portraiture. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail in the lace cravat and armoured shoulder. The circular legend runs along the periphery within a milled border, reading F · D · AN : MANOEL DE VILHENA. |
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| Reverse lettering | M · M · HOS : ET S · S · HIERV : 1723 (Translation: Grand master of the Hospitallers of the Saint Sepulchre of Jerusalem.) |
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Antonio Manoel de Vilhena's tenure as Grand Master (1722–1736) coincided with a period of aggressive fortification on Malta — his name is most visibly preserved in Fort Manoel, completed in 1723, the same year these coins were being struck. The Order's monetary issues under Vilhena are notably complex: Restelli catalogues at least three distinct varieties for this type alone, differentiated by die details that reflect the inconsistencies of the Order's Valletta mint rather than any deliberate policy change.
Vilhena was Portuguese by birth, one of very few Grand Masters drawn from the Iberian tongue rather than the French or Italian langues that dominated the Order's hierarchy.