1 Picciolo - Hugues Loubenx de Verdala

Verdala was elected Grand Master in 1581 largely through Spanish political pressure, and his tenure coincided with a period of relative peace following the Great Siege — which meant fewer emergency monetary demands but also a tighter grip on ordinary coinage for everyday commerce in Malta. The picciolo was the lowest denomination in circulation, used almost exclusively by the local Maltese population rather than the knights themselves.

Restelli's cataloguing of this type remains the primary reference for Hospitaller copper of this period, reflecting how thinly documented these minor issues are in mainstream numismatic literature.