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4 Zecchini - Adrian de Wignacourt
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights of St. John) |
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| Year | 1695 |
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| Weight | 13.80 g |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the quartered arms of the Grand Master, divided by a cross into four sections decorated with fleurs-de-lis, the whole surmounted by a crowned mantle within a beaded border. The date 1695 appears divided across the lower portion of the shield. A continuous Latin legend encircles the field, reading clockwise from the top. |
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| Reverse description | St. John the Baptist, depicted standing at left in a camel-hair garment, extends a banner or flag toward the kneeling figure of Grand Master Adrian de Wignacourt at right, who receives it in a posture of devotion. The scene is rendered in a bold, Baroque figural style within a beaded border. A Latin legend identifying the Grand Master and the saint encircles the composition. |
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| Reverse lettering | F·ADR:WIGNA COVRT S:IOAN:BAPT: |
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