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Ducat - Emery of Amboise Agnus Dei
| Issuer | Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (Hospitallers) |
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| Year | 1503-1512 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | The Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) depicted passant to the left with head turned back to the right, nimbus behind the head, and the banner of the Order — a staff surmounted by a floriated cross patée with a pennant — rising behind the figure. The lamb is rendered with textured fleece typical of medieval hammered gold coinage. The design is enclosed within a raised inner circle, with a circumferential Latin legend reading AGN · DEIQVI · TOLLIS · PECCA · MISE · NO, an abbreviated form of the Agnus Dei liturgical invocation. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Emery of Amboise served as Grand Master of the Hospitallers from 1503 until his death in 1512, administering the Order from Rhodes during a period of acute Ottoman pressure following Mehmed II's failed siege of 1480. These gold ducats were struck to the Venetian ducat standard, a deliberate choice that ensured acceptance in the eastern Mediterranean trade networks the Order depended upon for provisioning and mercenary payment.
The Schlumberger reference places this among a small documented group — the X designation signals an unresolved die classification, and surviving examples in any grade are infrequently encountered at auction.