Catalog
| Issuer | Order of Saint John (Knights of Malta) |
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| Year | 1557-1568 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central quartered shield bearing the arms of Grand Master Jean de la Vallette: the cross of the Order of Saint John quartered with the personal arms of the Vallette family, featuring rampant lions and a chequered field, surmounted by decorative scrollwork above the shield. The denomination numeral '6' appears in the left field. A circular Latin legend runs along the entire periphery, interrupted at the top by a Maltese cross separating the beginning and end of the inscription. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | F · IOANNES DE VALLETTE · M · HOSP · HIER (Translation: Brother Jean de Vallette, Master of the Hospitaller of Jerusalem.) |
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