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Auction: 5003 - Ancient, Islamic, English & Foreign Coins & Comm. Medals
Lot: 604

MALTA, John de la Vallette (1557-68), bronze medal, 28mm, unsigned, commemorating the abandonment of the siege of Malta by the Turks, 1565, a knight brandishing a sword seated on a horse prancing left, 1565 in exergue, tvrca fvgato, rev. a galley flying a pennant, Victory standing on the poopdeck, melita liberata (Schembri p.229/2 var. no pellets by date) good fine and extremely rare Estimate £ 250-350 Described in Schembri as unique, one of only a few specimens known and a different die to that illustrated.

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£420