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4 Tari - Hugues Loubenx de Verdala
| Issuer | Order of Malta (Knights Hospitaller) |
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| Year | 1588-1595 |
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| Value | 4 Tari (⅓) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the quartered arms of Grand Master Hugues Loubenx de Verdala, combining his personal heraldic device (a wolf) with the eight-pointed cross of the Order of St. John. The shield is rendered in high relief within a plain inner circle. The surrounding circular legend is struck in Latin capital letters separated by ornamental stops, reading along the coin's periphery. |
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| Reverse description | Within a raised inner circle, the severed head of Saint John the Baptist shown in three-quarter view, resting upon a paten with flowing hair rendered in fine linear detail, characteristic of late 16th-century Maltese hammered coinage. The composition is bold and devotional in character, consistent with the iconographic tradition of the Order of St. John. The peripheral Latin legend is separated by a crosslet and ornamental stops, encircling the central motif. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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