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3 Piccioli - Alof de Wignacourt
| Issuer | Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
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| Year | 1602-1622 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Valletta Mint |
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Alof de Wignacourt served as Grand Master from 1601 to 1622, a tenure notable for commissioning Caravaggio — who arrived on Malta in 1607 seeking a knighthood — and for significant fortification works funded partly through revenue from coinage like this small copper issue. The Order's monetary authority over Malta was a practical necessity: the island's economy required small-denomination pieces for daily transactions that larger silver coinage could not serve.
The picciolo denominations of this period are frequently encountered with weak peripheral detail, a consequence of shallow dies and uneven copper flans rather than wear.