ABSTRACT
Hospitaller small change represents a break in the monetary history of the island of Rhodes and is associated with the 'monetization' of the local economy. In the numerous sites excavated in Rhodes, Hospitaller deniers are a very common find, so they ought to assist in the dating of the archaeological contexts. The political statement was broader in scope: anyone handling petty cash in Hospitaller Rhodes would know about the Genoese influence on the Hospital. The Italian project required the levelling of medieval and later buildings to the east and south of the palace, to make space for palace grounds in the area where the mint of the Hospital is thought to have once stood. Whether the building of the mint survived the Italian remodelling is not known, but it is likely that the find in question, which comprised about 4,000 Hospitaller deniers and a few extraneous pieces, was a stock of coins recalled by the mint for recycling.
