Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Crusader issues, RHODES, Giovanni Battista degli Orsini (1467-76), Ducato, obv. legend reads f b d orsinis s iohanis, 3.48g/12h (cf. NAC 58, lot 19, same obv. die; Furse p.91; Schl. X.19; F 5). About very fine, very rare £1,500-£1,800

Provenance: Spink Auction 63, 28-9 March 1988, lot 734; LHS Auction 99 (Zürich), 24 October 2006, lot 31; Baldwin Coins of the Order of St John FPL 9, February 2007 (7)