Nicolas Cotoner · 4 tarì · silver
Magistracy 1663–1680 · Order of St John
This silver 4 tarì is documented in the name of Nicolas Cotoner. The source documents the denomination family; an individual specimen date is not asserted here. This record groups ruler, denomination and metal. It does not count each mint year, surviving specimen or inscription spacing as another type.
Technical specifications
- Composition
- Silver
- Weight
- Unknown / not verified
- Diameter
- Unknown / not verified
- Thickness
- Unknown / not verified
- Total mintage
- Unknown / not verified
- Edge
- Unknown / not verified
- Mint
- Unknown / not verified
- Obverse
- Unknown / not verified
- Reverse
- Unknown / not verified
- Inscriptions
- Unknown / not verified
- Colour
- Unknown / not verified
- Serial format
- Unknown / not verified
Nicolas Cotoner retained the family arms used by his brother Rafael. Distinguish their issues by the ruler’s name rather than assuming matching arms mean the same authority.
Dating and classification
The date interval is the ruler’s Malta magistracy, not a complete list of minting years. Specimen dates are evidence for examples only.
Sources
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Related issues
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