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1 Zecchino - Marc'Antonio Zondadari
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights of St. John) |
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| Year | 1720-1722 |
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| Diameter | 22.80 mm |
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| Obverse description | The quartered coat of arms of Grand Master Marc'Antonio Zondadari, surmounted by a princely crown, occupies the central field and is flanked on either side by ornate palm fronds in high relief. The armorial shield displays the traditional quartered design of the Order of St. John impaled with the personal arms of the Grand Master. A circular legend in Latin surrounds the entire device, naming the Grand Master in full with his titles, rendered in a crisp, upright Roman typeface characteristic of early eighteenth-century Maltese coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | F . MARCVS . ANTONIVS . ZONDADARI . M . M . H . H (Translation: Brother Marc Antonio Zondadari Grand Master Hospital Jerusalem) |
| Reverse description | St. John the Baptist, the patron of the Order, stands in three-quarter view to the right in flowing robes, extending the processional banner of the Order of St. John toward the Grand Master, who kneels in a posture of devotion to the left. The composition conveys an act of divine investiture, a hallmark of Hospitaller coinage iconography. The date 1722 appears within the legend at the base of the design, with the pious motto arcing around the upper portion of the field in well-struck Latin capitals. |
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