Asper - John Baptist Orsini

Issuer	Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (Hospitallers)
Year	1467-1476
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Value	Asper (1/2)
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Reverse description	A half-length nimbate figure of St. John the Baptist is depicted in frontal presentation, holding a nimbate Agnus Dei (sacrificial lamb) in his left hand. The banner of the Order of St. John is shown behind the figure at right, serving as an attribute identifying the patron saint of the Hospitallers. The surrounding Latin legend in uncial script references the Hospital of St. John of Rhodes. The overall style is characteristic of the hammered silver coinage produced at Rhodes under the Hospitaller masters of the fifteenth century.
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Mintage	ND (1467-1476)
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