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.
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.