MALTA, Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Jean-Paul Lascaris Castellar. Grandmaster, 1636-1657. AR 4 Tarì (31mm, 10.27 g, 11h). Valletta mint. Dated 1645. Crowned coat-of-arms / head of St. John the Baptist on platter. Gatt 14-4T-151X151; KM 69. Iridescent toning, light deposits, some roughness. VF.
From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Stanley Gibbons Collection (Part II, NASCA, 7 December 1981), lot 4432.
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