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2 Tari - John de la Cassiere
| Issuer | Order of St. John |
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| Year | 1572-1581 |
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| Weight | 5.56 g |
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| Obverse description | Crowned quartered shield of arms occupying the central field, displaying the cross of the Order of St. John alongside the personal arms of Grand Master Jean de la Cassière, supported by a rampant lion to the right. The shield is rendered in a Renaissance heraldic style typical of Hospitaller coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the device, interrupted by a cross patée at the top. The coin's irregular flan, characteristic of hammered production, is bordered by a beaded inner circle. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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John de la Cassière served as Grand Master of the Order from 1572 to 1581, a tenure dominated by the political and financial strain of fortifying Malta following the Great Siege of 1565. The Order's mint at Birgu — later Vittoriosa — produced coinage with considerable autonomy, functioning essentially as a sovereign operation answerable only to Rome, not to any European crown.
The 2 Tari denomination was the Order's principal silver circulation piece during this period, struck for use across its Mediterranean trading and garrison network.