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1 Grano - Claude de la Sengle
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights Hospitaller) |
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| Year | 1553-1557 |
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| Value | 1 Grano (1⁄240) |
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| Obverse description | Heraldic shield bearing the coat of arms of Grand Master Claude de la Sengle, featuring crossed keys or similar armorial charges, rendered in low relief with a beaded or rope border encircling the field. The design is typical of hammered coinage of the Order of Malta, with the shield centrally positioned and the irregular flan lending a characteristically medieval appearance. |
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| Mintage | ND (1553-1557) |
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Claude de la Sengle served as Grand Master for only four years before his death in 1557, making his coinage among the shortest-reigned issues in the Hospitaller sequence. The Order struck copper granos primarily for local circulation in Malta, where they functioned as the lowest-denomination workhorse of daily trade — a role that guaranteed heavy wear on most survivors.