282, Lot: 533. Estimate $200. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MALTA, Knights of Rhodes (Knights Hospitaller). Jean Parisot de la Valette. Grand Master, 1557-1568. Cast Æ Medal (51mm, 64.20 g, 6h). Commemorating the Defense of Malta against the Ottoman Empire. By F. Cocciola. F · IO · VALLETA · M · M · HOSP · HIER ·, armored and draped bust right / VNVS X · MILLIA (one has slain ten thousand), David right, holding sword and bending over the fallen Goliath; in background, Philistines fleeing right. Börner 483; Atwood 970. Good VF, brown surfaces. An early aftercast.