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| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights of St. John) |
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| Year | 1572-1581 |
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| Weight | 3.39 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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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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| Reverse lettering | DA MICHI VIRTVT CONTRA HOSTES T (Translation: Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos: Give me the strength against thy enemies.) |
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