MALTA, Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Antoine de Paule. Grandmaster, 1623-1636. AR 4 Tarì (31mm, 10.40 g, 9h). Valleta mint. Dated 1629. Crowned coat-of-arms / Head of St. John the Baptist on platter. Gatt 13-4T-66X62; KM 48. Iridescent toning, edge splits, late die state. VF.
From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Stanley Gibbons Collection (Part II, NASCA, 7 December 1981), lot 4430.
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