THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN AT RHODES. GIOVANNI BATTISTA ORSINI, 1467-1476. Ducat of Venetian type. St. John gives the banner of the order to the kneeling Grand Master, F. B. D. ORSINIS. / .S. IOHAN. IE / MB Rv. Chr.ist in mandorla, .SIT. T. XPE. DATV - .REGIS. ISTE. DVCA 3.50 g. Metc. -, Schlumb. X, 19, Furse p. 91, Kasdagli R 14/2 var., Coll. Slocum -.
Good very fine
Ex F. R. Künker, Osnabrück, Auktion 111, 18. 3. 2006, Nr. 7275. Bought from Baldwin & Sons, London, in March 2009.