207, Lot: 482. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MALTA. Ferdinand Hompesch. Grand Master, 1797-1798. AR 30 Tari (14mm, 29.60 g, 1h). Dated 1798. Bust left; dot before / Crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast. Davenport 1611C; KM 345.4. VF, toned, some roughness.

It is believed that this issue was struck during the French occupation of Malta.