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3 Tari - Nicolas Cotoner
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights of St. John) |
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| Year | 1664-1666 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | A large eight-pointed Maltese cross occupies the center of the coin, with the date numerals distributed in the four angles between the arms of the cross. The cross displays the characteristic notched, pointed ends of the traditional Hospitaller symbol. The design is enclosed within a beaded border, with the circular motto legend arranged around the periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nicolas Cotoner served as Grand Master from 1663 to 1680, a tenure defined largely by the massive fortification program that produced the Cottonera Lines — the enormous defensive walls enclosing the Three Cities of Malta, funded in significant part through Cotoner's personal fortune. The 3 Tari denomination was a workhorse of Hospitaller coinage, circulating alongside the Order's extensive charitable and military operations in the central Mediterranean.
KM#101 corresponds to a narrow three-year window within Cotoner's reign, before later die revisions.