- Object type
- Coins
- Date
- Production: 1743
- Subject(s)
- Knights of Malta
- Associated person
- Emmanuel Pinto da Fonseca (1681 - 1773)
- Inscriptions
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obverse: .IN HOC SIGNO MILITAMVS 1743
reverse: .IN HOC SIGNO MILITAMVS 1743
- Dimensions
-
Diameter: 19.6mm
Weight: 3.33g - Materials and technique
- Copper, struck
- Production place
- Malta
- Credit line
- Photographed with the support of James Drabble MStJ and Clare Drabble, 2025
- Catalogue number
- M25.227
Grano of Grand Master Emmanuel Pinto da Fonseca
This coin is known as a ‘mule’ as, due to a minting error, both the obverse and reverse of the coin are the same. In this example, two obverse dies have been used when the coin was struck.