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MALTA, Emmanuel Pinto (Grand Master of the Order of Malta). 4 Zecchini. (Au. 13.11g/29mm). 1741-1773. (Km#237). Extremely Fine. Nice specimen, rare and more so.

Founded in Jerusalem in the 11th century, the Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, better known as the Order of Malta, is a Catholic religious order that carried out military actions against Muslim armies before, even of the First Crusade. In 1291, after the fall of the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem, the organization was established in Cyprus, later in Rhodes and finally in Malta where it lasted until the Napoleonic occupation of the island in 1798 (since 1834 it has been based in Rome). Emmanuel Pinto was the 68th Grand Master of the order from 1741 until his death in 1773.