Jean de la Valette · Zecchino

1557-1568 · Order of St John

The kneeling Grand Master receives a banner from Saint John. Christ stands on the reverse within a mandorla and stars. The museum dates the undated gold specimen to Valette’s tenure, 1557–1568.

Jean de la Valette · zecchino · obverse
Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen; photograph by Johannes Eberhardt · Public Domain Mark 1.0 · Sources
Jean de la Valette · zecchino · reverse
Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen; photograph by Johannes Eberhardt · Public Domain Mark 1.0 · Sources

Technical specifications

Composition
Gold
Mint
Valletta
Weight
Unknown / not verified
Diameter
Unknown / not verified
Total mintage
Unknown / not verified
Edge
Unknown / not verified
Obverse
Saint John handing a banner to the kneeling Grand Master
Reverse
Christ in mandorla with stars
Inscriptions
F IOANNES DE - VALETTE / DA MICHI VIRTVTEM - CONTRA HOSTES TVOS
Colour
Unknown / not verified
Serial format
Unknown / not verified

The museum specimen

Measurements describe this museum specimen, not a manufacturing standard.

Collection
Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen
Object / accession
18320310 / 1867/281-1 (MA Inv.)
Specimen weight
3.40 g
Specimen diameter
21 mm
Die axis
6 h

Museum text attribution and licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen

Dating and classification

A range denotes the issuing reign when no individual issue year is recorded.

Sources

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