CRUSADERS. Knights of Rhodes (Knights Hospitallers). Fabrizio del Carretto, 1513-1521. Ducat (Gold, 20.5 mm, 3.36 g, 8 h), Rhodes. •F•FABRICII•D•CA• - S•IOANNIC / MFX On the right, the Grand Master kneeling to left, receiving banner of the Order from St. John, on the left standing right. Rev. •SIT•T •XPЄ•DΛTV•T• RЄGIS •ISTЄ DV Christ Pantokrator standing facing in mandorla, with four stars on the right and five on the left. Friedberg 11. Gamberini 386 var (legends). Schlumberger pl. XI 14 var (legends). Rare. Clear and attractive. About extremely fine.
From a Swiss collection, ex Triton XXIV, 19 January 2021, 1223, and from the collection of Erich Wäckerlin, Münzen & Medaillen (DE) 47, 23 May 2019, 524, originally acquired from, Monetarium, in December 1980.