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1 Zecchino - John de la Cassiere
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights of St. John) |
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| Year | 1572-1581 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | St. John the Baptist, depicted standing facing and nimbate, presents the banner of the Order with his right hand to the Grand Master Jean de la Cassière, who kneels in devotion to the left in a posture of obeisance. The figures are rendered in the Byzantine-influenced style typical of Hospitaller coinage, with the saint's elongated form dominating the composition. The Grand Master is shown in full regalia, with the scene enclosed within a beaded inner border. The obverse legend, incuse in Latin, identifies the Grand Master by name and title. |
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| Reverse description | Christ nimbate, depicted in a frontal standing pose within an almond-shaped mandorla, rendered in a hieratic Byzantine style consistent with the Hospitaller zecchino tradition derived from the Venetian ducat prototype. Ten five-pointed stars, five on each side, flank the mandorla symmetrically within the field, serving as devotional symbols. The reverse legend, running along the beaded outer border, is a Latin votive inscription. The overall design follows closely the Venetian zecchino iconographic tradition, adapted to the religious symbolism of the Order of St. John. |
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| Mintage | ND (1572-1581) |
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