MALTA, Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Emmanuel Pinto. Grandmaster, 1741-1773. AR 30 Tarì (40mm, 29.29 g, 6h). Valletta mint. Dated 1757. Crowned and garnished coat-of-arms / St. John the Baptist standing facing slightly right, holding banner; to lower right, lamb seated left, head right. Gatt 25-30T-35M18; cf. Restelli & Sammut 72; cf. Schembri 4-5; Davenport 1600; KM A256. Toned, light marks, faint hairlines in fields, minor deposist. Good VF.
From the El Medina Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 2870.