Rhodes (1365-74) gigliato
This specimen was lot 24702 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "RHODES. Gigliato, ND. Raymond Berenger (1365-74). NGC MS-61. Good strike on a nice round flan with full legends on both sides. Dark toned and attractive." The Hospitallers were one of the crusading knightly orders in the Holy Land until the loss of Acre, their last castle, in 1291. They were headquartered in Cyprus for a brief period then conquered Rhodes in 1310. They held the island against the Turks until 1521, when Suleiman the Magnificent forced them to leave. After a short sojourn in Sicily, they were granted the island of Malta by Charles V, which they held 1530-1798. Philippe Villiers was the last Grandmaster at Rhodes and the first at Malta in 1530. The Order today runs charity hospitals in Europe and is headquartered in Rome.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Malloy-22; Metcalf-1208.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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