2 Tari - Jean de Vallette

Issuer	Order of St. John
Year	1557-1568
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Currency	Scudo (1530-1825)
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Obverse description	Central field occupied by the quartered coat of arms of Jean de Vallette, Grand Master of the Order of St. John, combining the eight-pointed cross of the Hospitallers with the Grand Master's personal heraldic charges, including a rampant lion and an angel. The shield is set within a plain inner circle. The surrounding legend, rendered in Gothic and Roman lettering, reads ☩ F · IOANNES DE VALLETE · M · HOS · H, identifying Fra' Jean de Vallette as Master of the Hospitallers of Jerusalem. The outer border is formed by a rope or cable pattern typical of Maltese hammered coinage of the sixteenth century. The die-work displays the characteristic irregularity of hand-struck production.
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Reverse description	Central device depicting the armored bust of Grand Master Jean de Vallette in right-facing profile, set within a shallow circular cartouche or tondo, rendered in bold relief characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century Maltese hammered silver coinage. The bust is draped in armor and shows the Grand Master with a full beard. The surrounding peripheral legend reads ☩ PROPTER VERITATEM ET IVSTITIAM ('For the sake of truth and justice'), disposed around the inner circle. The lettering is executed in a combination of Gothic and Roman capitals consistent with Hospitaller mint practice of the period. The fields show the natural flow lines and surface irregularities typical of hammer-struck coinage.
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Mint	Valletta Mint
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