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Very Rare Crusader Coin. PIERRE d'AUBUSSON RHODES. Billon DENIER 1476-1503
Obverse: Saint John facing front. S. IOHANNES. Reverse: Legend, dAUBUSSON with cross Cercelee
I have only been able to locate 3 other records for this same coin. One having recently sold on Ebay for $120.00. My coin shown above recently sold for £69.99
The son of French nobility, Aubusson joined the Knights of St. John c. 1453. The Knights, with their headquarters at Rhodes, held the island as a bar to Ottoman expansion in the Aegean. Aubusson became grand master of the order in 1476 and in 1480 and gained widespread fame in Europe for successfully defending Rhodes against Sultan Mehmed II’s fleet.
Sammlung : Crusader Coins