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4 Tari - Jean de Vallette
| Issuer | Order of St. John (Knights Hospitaller) |
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| Year | 1557-1568 |
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| Value | 4 Tari (⅓) |
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| Obverse lettering | ☩ F ❜ IOANNES DE VALLETE · M · HOSP ❜ HIER ❜ (Translation: Fra` Jean de Vallette, master of the Hospitallers of Jerusalem) |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts the head of John the Baptist presented facing slightly to the right, rendered on a stylized platter with flowing hair and beard spread dramatically around the face in a naturalistic yet symbolic manner, referencing the Order's patron saint. The head is set within a shallow inner circle, with the surrounding field plain. A circular Latin legend in raised letters runs along the outer border of the flan, separated from the central device by a plain inner ring. The overall style reflects Italian Renaissance influence on Maltese coinage of the sixteenth century. The strike is characteristic of hammered production, with some weakness at the flan edges. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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