Lot 1850
Sale 128 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Malta, Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (Knights of Malta), Ramon Despuig y Martinez de Marcilla, Grandmaster, (1736-1741), silver two scudi 37mm, (23.88 g), Valletta mint, dated 1738, obv. cuirassed bust right, rev. crowned coat-of-arms, (Schembri 6; KM 204.1). Toned, filed all around edge, otherwise good fine.
Ex Dr L.R. Sherwin Collection, coming from Regal Coins, Melbourne November 24, 1983.
Ramon Despuig y Martinez de Marcilla was a Spanish knight from Aragon. During his brief reign, the navy of the Knights of Malta captured several Algerian ships, and Despuig Bastion, part of the fortifications of Mdina, was named for him.
- Estimate
- $150
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $480