- Object type
- Coins
- Date
- Production: 1601 - 1622
- Subject(s)
- Knights of Malta
- Associated person
- Alof de Wignacourt (1547 - 1622)
- Inscriptions
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obverse: F.ALOFIVS.D.WIG[N]ACOVRT.M.H+
reverse: S.IO.B.O[R]A.PRO [NOB]IS.+ (ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PRAY FOR US)
- Dimensions
-
Diameter: 15.16mm
Weight: 0.63g - Materials and technique
- Silver, struck
- Production place
- Malta
- Related place(s)
- Malta
- Credit line
- Photographed with the support of James Drabble MStJ and Clare Drabble, 2025
- Catalogue number
- M11.8
Cinquina of Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt
The cinquina was a small denomination, and a small coin. While there was not sufficient space on the face of the coin for a visual representation of the Order’s patron saint, the inscription invokes the support of John the Baptist.