Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos · 4 tarì · silver

Magistracy 1622–1623 · Order of St John

This silver 4 tarì is documented in the name of Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos. The source documents the denomination family; an individual specimen date is not asserted here. The documented front shows arms with the value t4. The back uses saint john the baptist; dated 1622. 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
Arms with the value T4
Reverse
Saint John the Baptist; dated 1622
Inscriptions
F.LVD … MEND : DE VASCONCELOS … / S . IOAN . BAP . ORA . PRO . N . 1622 . MONO
Colour
Unknown / not verified
Serial format
Unknown / not verified

Vasconcellos had a brief magistracy. The museum’s silver four-tarì specimen visibly carries T4 and 1622, providing a firm point of comparison for this ruler’s name.

A documented specimen

These measurements describe this specimen only, not manufacturing standards.

Collection
Collection not documented
Catalogue reference
M12.1
Specimen weight
10.34 g
Specimen diameter
30.94 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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