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Asper - Peter of Aubusson

Issuer Order of Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (Hospitallers), Rhodes
Year 1476-1503
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Value Asper (1/2)
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Reverse description Standing figure of St. John the Baptist, nimbate, depicted full-length in frontal pose, holding the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) in his left hand; the banner of the Order of St. John rises behind him to the right. The figure is rendered in the stylized Gothic manner characteristic of Hospitaller Rhodian coinage, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding uncial legend identifies the patron saint and the Hospitaller order.
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Reverse lettering S · IOhANNI ·B · OSPITAL
(Translation: Saint John the Baptist (patron of) Hospitallers)
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