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Ducat - Emery of Amboise
| Issuer | Order of the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem (Rhodes) |
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| Year | 1503-1512 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat = 10 Gigliati |
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| Obverse description | Saint John the Baptist, nimbate and robed, standing at left, presenting the banner of the Order to the Grand Master Emery of Amboise, who kneels before him in a posture of humble reception, facing left. The figures are rendered in the Byzantine-influenced Gothic style typical of Hospitaller coinage, with fine drapery detail on both figures. The legend encircles the composition within a beaded border, identifying the Grand Master and his patron saint. |
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| Reverse description | Christ Pantocrator depicted full-length, standing frontally in an orant posture, raising his right hand in benediction and holding the Gospels in his left, surrounded by a scattering of six-pointed stars within a beaded mandorla. The austere, hieratic figure is rendered in a Byzantine style consistent with Hospitaller numismatic tradition. The circular Latin legend runs along the outer border within a beaded rim, invoking Christ as ruler. The overall composition closely mirrors contemporary Venetian ducat imagery adapted to the iconographic programme of the Order. |
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| Reverse lettering | SIT · T · XPE · DATVS REGIS · ISTE · DVC · |
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