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| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights Hospitaller) |
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| Year | 1557-1568 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Quartered shield bearing the arms of Grand Master Jean de Vallette: the first and fourth quarters display the arms of the Order of St. John (a plain cross on a plain field), while the second and third quarters bear the personal arms of Vallette (a gyrfalcon and a lion). The shield is set in the field with the encircling Latin legend identifying the Grand Master. |
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| Obverse lettering | ☩ F · IOANNES DE VALETA ❜ M ❜ HOSP ❜HIERS (Translation: Fra` Jean de Vallette, master of the Hospitallers of Jerusalem) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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