Tari - Jean de Vallette

Features

Issuer Malta
Grandmaster Order of Hospitallers › Jean de La Vallette-Parisot (1557-1568)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1566
Value 1 Tari (1⁄12)
Currency Scudo (1530-1825)
Composition Copper
Weight 6.5 g
Diameter 23 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
296746
References Restelli# 113
Felice Restelli, Joseph C. Sammut; 1977. The Coinage of the Knights in Malta (1530-1798). Emmanuel Said Publishers, Malta.

Obverse

Two clasped hands, name and mark above, value below, within a circle with grènetis.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
☩ NON AES SED FIDES · 1566 ·
VALLETE
M
XX

Translation: Not money, but trust

Reverse

Head of St. John the Baptist.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ☩ PROPTER VERITATEM ET IVSTICIA

Translation: For truth and justice

Comments

Sometimes identified as a 2 Tari in auctions.

This type differs from the #114 by having:
  • a circle with grènetis on the obverse, rather than a lined circle
  • a correct spelling of IVSTICIA on reverse
  • smaller cross in letterings

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1566 

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