Tari - Jean de Vallette

Issuer	Order of Saint John (Knights of Malta)
Year	1566
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Diameter	23 mm
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Obverse script	Latin
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Reverse description	The severed head of Saint John the Baptist depicted facing, set upon a platter or within the field, rendered in the late Renaissance hammered style typical of Hospitaller coinage. The bust or head is framed within a beaded border, with the surrounding Latin legend invoking the virtues of truth and justice. The peripheral inscription is separated by a cross pattée at the beginning.
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Reverse lettering	☩ PROPTER VERITATEM ET IVSTICIA (Translation: For truth and justice)
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