Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos · carlino · silver
Magistracy 1622–1623 · Order of St John
This silver carlino 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 grand master’s arms. The back uses arms of 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
- Grand Master’s arms
- Reverse
- Arms of the Order
- Inscriptions
- Unknown / not verified
- 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.
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
Checked:
- Scott, Standard Coin Catalogue: Silver and Gold, Malta — Vasconcellos entries 33–35 (public domain)
- Malta Numismatic Society — Vasconcellos denomination list
Related issues
- Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos · 1 grano · copper · Magistracy 1622–1623
- Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos · 3 tarì · silver · Magistracy 1622–1623
- Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos · 4 tarì · silver · Magistracy 1622–1623
- Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos · Zecchino · gold · Magistracy 1622–1623