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Zecchino of Grand Master Emery d'Amboise

From 1310 until 1522 the Order of St John resided on Rhodes, an island they had occupied through force. While on the island they minted their own coinage, usually a royal privilege. This was a statement of the Order’s sovereignty over the island.

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Object type: Coins
Date: Production: 1503 - 1512
Subject(s): Knights Hospitaller
Religious Orders
Religion and Devotion
Associated person: Subject: Emery d'Amboise (1434 - 1512)
Subject: St John the Baptist (c. 6 BC - c. AD 30)
Dimensions: Diameter: 21.5mm
Weight: 3.49g
Materials and technique: Gold, struck
Production place: Rhodes
Themes: St John the Baptist in the Museum’s collections
References: Metcalf, David Michael. Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. London: Royal Numismatic Society, 1995.
Pages 302 - 304
Provenance: Previously of the Boulton Collection.
Exhibition history: 1565 - The Great Siege of Malta, Heritage Malta, 5 September 2015-6 December 2015
Credit line: Photographed with the support of James Drabble MStJ and Clare Drabble, 2025
Catalogue number: R16.1