Catalog
1 Zecchino - Jean de Vallette
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights Hospitaller) |
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| Year | 1557-1568 |
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| Weight | 3.38 g |
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| Reverse description | Christ nimbate, shown in a mandorla (vesica piscis), depicted in a frontal hieratic pose as Pantocrator. The mandorla is flanked by nine stars arranged asymmetrically, five to the right and four to the left of the central image. The encircling legend DA MICHI VIRTVTEM CONTRA HOSTES TVO — a supplicatory invocation reading 'Give me strength against Thine enemies' — runs along the periphery of the coin in Latin characters. |
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| Reverse lettering | DA MICHI VIRTVTEM CONTRA HOSTES TVO (Translation: Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos: Give me the strength against thy enemies.) |
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| Mint | Valletta Mint, Malta |
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