SAINT JOHN OF PALESTINE Caption: LODGE OF ST J ∴ OF PALESTINE O ∴ OF PARIS / ANNO 5806. Radiant triangle with tetragram. R/. An epigraph. Two J-B columns marked with a perpendicular and a triangle. Seven steps leading to an altar bearing the compass and the square within an acacia crown and surmounted by a canopy between the sun and the moon. Above, a radiating triangle with the tetragrammaton. In the exergue, imperial eagle on laurel and acacia branches. Fluted edge. Labouret 355 Silver token. Ø 30.02 mm (8.12 g) Large blank. Very slightly rubbed. Superb/Very beautiful.

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