Claude de la Sengle · 1 tarì · silver
Magistracy 1553–1557 · Order of St John
This silver 1 tarì is documented in the name of Claude de la Sengle. 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
La Sengle’s small change includes the picciolo, while his tarì imagery features the Baptist and the lamb. A ruler’s arms help separate related issues of successive magistracies.
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
- Claude de la Sengle · 1 grano · copper · Magistracy 1553–1557
- Claude de la Sengle · 1 picciolo · copper · Magistracy 1553–1557