Modern coin – HCR30089

Obverse

Inscription:

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

Design:

crowned arms of the Grandmaster quartered with the arms of the Order

Reverse

Inscription:

☩ ☆ NON ☆ AES ☆ SED ☆ FIDES ☆ / 1643 / T . Z

Design:

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

Information

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Knights of St. John Hospitallers

Person

Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar, Grandmaster of the Knights of St. John Hospitallers, 1636-1657, Adrien de Wignacourt, Grandmaster of the Knights of St. John Hospitallers, 1690-1697, 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

2 tari

Metal

copper

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.86

Axis

Diameter (mm)

35.5

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

28/5/1941

Source

Stephen Middleton Esqr.

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1941.

Countermark (obverse)

1 Grandmaster's mark: crescent surmounted by a crown (Emmanuel Pinto, 1741-1773)

Countermark (reverse)

3 Grandmasters' marks: double-headed eagle (Jean-Paul Lascaris, 1636-1657); Fleur-de-Lys surmounted by a crown (Adrien de Wignacourt, 1690-1697); 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. 166-170

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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