Tari - Jean de Vallette

Issuer	Order of Saint John (Knights of Malta)
Year	1566
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Reference(s)	Restelli#114, Schembri#6

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Obverse script	Latin
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Reverse description	The severed head of Saint John the Baptist presented in profile, rendered in the hammered style typical of mid-sixteenth-century Maltese coinage, occupying the central field. The surrounding Latin legend, punctuated by a cross pattée, encircles the head and references the saint's martyrdom for truth and justice. The overall execution is characteristic of the crude but expressive die-work associated with the Birgu (Vittoriosa) mint under Grand Master Jean de Vallette.
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Reverse lettering	☩ PROPTER VERITATEM ET IVTICIA (Translation: For truth and justice)
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