Manuel Pinto da Fonseca · 4 tarì · silver

Magistracy 1741–1773 · Order of St John

This silver 4 tarì is documented in the name of Manuel Pinto da Fonseca. The consulted collection lists an example as No date, with reference RS#134 KM#221 C#8a. The documented front shows portrait bust of the grand master. The back uses heraldic arms identifying the ruler or the order. 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
Portrait bust of the Grand Master
Reverse
Heraldic arms identifying the ruler or the Order
Inscriptions
F · EMMANVEL PINTO · M M · H S S / 1757 / T· 4
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#134 KM#221 C#8a
Specimen date
No date
Specimen weight
4.2 g
Specimen diameter
25.5 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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