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Tari - Jean de Vallette
| Issuer | Order of Saint John (Knights of Malta) |
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| Year | 1566 |
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| Value | 1 Tari (1⁄12) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The severed head of Saint John the Baptist presented in profile, rendered in the hammered style typical of mid-sixteenth-century Maltese coinage, occupying the central field. The surrounding Latin legend, punctuated by a cross pattée, encircles the head and references the saint's martyrdom for truth and justice. The overall execution is characteristic of the crude but expressive die-work associated with the Birgu (Vittoriosa) mint under Grand Master Jean de Vallette. |
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| Reverse lettering | ☩ PROPTER VERITATEM ET IVTICIA (Translation: For truth and justice) |
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