Manuel Pinto da Fonseca · 1 tarì · copper

Magistracy 1741–1773 · Order of St John

This copper 1 tarì is documented in the name of Manuel Pinto da Fonseca. The consulted collection lists an example as 1742, with reference RS#152 KM#232 C4b. The documented front shows saint john the baptist’s head on a platter. The back uses two clasped hands with denomination mark. 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
Copper
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
Saint John the Baptist’s head on a platter
Reverse
Two clasped hands with denomination mark
Inscriptions
NEMINEM ☩ CONCVTIATIS ☩ / ☩ NON ☩ AES ☩ SED ☩ FIDES / 1742
Colour
Unknown / not verified
Serial format
Unknown / not verified

Pinto introduced gold scudi multiples and silver fifteen- and thirty-tarì denominations. His use of a royal crown rather than a ducal coronet is relevant to the iconography of this magistracy.

A documented specimen

These measurements describe this specimen only, not manufacturing standards.

Collection
Collection not documented
Catalogue reference
RS#152 KM#232 C4b
Specimen date
1742
Specimen weight
9.2 g
Specimen diameter
28.5 mm

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.

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