MALTA, Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Emmanuel de Rohan. Grandmaster, 1775-1797. AR 30 Tarì (43mm, 29.46 g, 6h). Valletta mint. Dated 1790. Armored and draped bust right; c/m: bust right / Crowned coat-of-arms with wings, legs, and tail of an eagle. Gatt 27-30T-72R62; Restelli & Sammut 31; Schembri 11; Davenport 1609; KM 327. Countermark apparently unpublished . Toned, minor porosity, scratches and adjustment marks. VF. The countermark double struck and very weakly applied. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.
From the El Medina Collection.
The countermark appears to be unpublished, but may be a forgery of the marks applied to Spanish pillar dollars by George III.