Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1042. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MALTA, Knights of Malta (Order of St. John of Jerusalem). Jean Parisot de la Valette. Grand Master, 1557-1568. AR 4 Tari (11.69 g, 3h). (two Maltese crosses) PROPTER VERITATEM ET IVSTICIAM, horizontal severed head of St. John the Baptist / (Maltese cross) F IOANNES DE VALLETE M HOSP HIER (tick stops), magisterial coat-of-arms. Restelli & Sammut 39. Good VF, typical flan cracks for issue.