Modern coin – HCR30088

Obverse

Inscription:

☩ F · IOANNES · PAVLVS LASCARIS · M · M · H · H ·

Design:

crowned arms of the Grandmaster quartered with the arms of the Order, flanked by moon and sun, within a circle of stars

Reverse

Inscription:

☩ · NON + AES + SED + FIDES · / 1643 / T .

Design:

two joined hands; denomination and value (obscured by countermarks)

Information

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Knights of St. John Hospitallers

Person

Emmanuel de Rohan, Grandmaster of the Knights of St. John Hospitallers, 1775-1797, Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, Grandmaster of the Knights of St. John Hospitallers, 1636-1657, Emanuele Pinto, Grandmaster of the Knights of St. John Hospitallers, 1741-1773, Rafael Cottoner, Grandmaster of the Knights of St. John Hospitallers, 1660 - 1663

Reign

Dating

1643

Mint

Malta (Modern)

Denomination

4 tari

Metal

copper

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.94

Axis

Diameter (mm)

43.1

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

28/5/1941

Source

Stephen Middleton Esqr.

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1941.

Countermark (obverse)

4 Grandmasters' marks: crescent surmounted by a crown (Emmanuel Pinto, 1741-1773); M A in monogram (Emmanuel Pinto, 1741-1773); mascle surmounted by a crown (Emmanuel de Rohan, 1775-1797); Paschal lamb (Emmanuel de Rohan, 1775-1797)

Countermark (reverse)

1 Grandmaster's mark: head of St John (Rafael Cottoner, 1660-1663)

Reference

John A. Gatt - 2018 - Coins Minted by the Knights in Malta : a Comprehensive Catalogue 1530 To 1798 : p. 173-185

Reference

Furse, Mémoires numismatiques - 1885 : p. 209

Reference

Sammut, Joseph C. - Lascaris and his countermarked copper 4 and 2 tarì pieces :

Reference

Azzopardi, Emmanuel - 2006 - Coinage of the crusaders and the world of Islam : p. 186

Contributors to this coin record

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