Live auction - fwo_536443 - MALTA - FERDINAND DE HOMPESCH 15 Tari 1798 La Valette
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 260 € |
| Maximum bid : | 275 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 July 2019 18:15:27 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : 15 Tari
Date: 1798
Mint name / Town : La Valette
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 14,79 g.
Edge : feuillue
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie a été légèrement nettoyée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : F. FERDINANDVS - HOMPESCH M. M..
Obverse description : Buste à gauche du grand maître Ferdinand de Hompesch, cuirassé et drapé; sur son épaule, l’égide.
Obverse translation : (Frère Ferdinand de Hompesch, grand maître).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HOSPITAL. ET - S. - SEP. - HIERUS. 1798.
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de Malte, aux 2 et 3 de Rohan, brochant sur une aigle ; de part et d’autre de la couronne T. - 15.
Reverse translation : (de l’Hôpital et du Saint-Sépulcre de Jérusalem ; 15 tari).
Historical background
MALTA - FERDINAND DE HOMPESCH
(1797-1798)
Ferdinand de Hompesch, more precisely Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, (Bolheim November 9, 1744–Montpellier May 12, 1805) is the 71st Grand Master of the Order of Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem. Fra Ferdinand von Hompesch. Admitted to the Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem at the age of four, on December 9, 17483, Ferdinand de Hompesch was first a page of the Grand Master Manoel Pinto da Fonseca. He was subsequently appointed Ambassador of the Order to the Court of Austria, a position he held for twenty-five years, until July 17, 1797, the date of his election as Grand Master..
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