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1 Carlino - Jean de Vallette
| Issuer | Order of Saint John |
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| Year | 1557-1568 |
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| Currency | Scudo (1530-1825) |
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| Reverse description | A bold cross pattée occupies the centre of the reverse, dividing the field into four quarters, each adorned with a small decorative element at the re-entrant angles. The arms of the cross are rendered in relief with slightly flared terminals. A circular Latin legend surrounds the cross, invoking the intercession of Saint John the Baptist as patron of the Order. The overall design follows the established iconographic tradition of the Knights Hospitaller coinage struck at Malta during the sixteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Jean de Vallette served as Grand Master from 1557 until his death in 1568, and this carlino was struck across that full span — a tenure defined almost entirely by the Great Siege of 1565, when Ottoman forces under Suleiman the Magnificent besieged Malta for over three months. The Order's survival, against an attacking force estimated at over 40,000 men, transformed Vallette into one of the most celebrated military commanders in sixteenth-century Europe.
The city he founded immediately after the siege bears his name still.