Watch List notes:

CRUSADERS. Knights of Rhodes (Knights Hospitallers). Fabrizio del Carretto, 1513-1521. Ducat (Gold, 22 mm, 3.52 g, 11 h). F•FABRICIO•D•CΛ - S•IOΛRRI Grandmaster kneeling left before St. John, jointly holding banner between themselves. Rev. •SIT•T •XPЄ•DΛT•OTV - •RЄGIS •ISTЄ•DV Christ Pantokrator standing facing in mandorla with nine stars. Fr. 11. Gamberini 386 var. Schl. pl. XI, 14 var. (with differing legends). Nearly extremely fine.


From a Swiss collection, privately purchased in the 1990s.