Juan de Homedes · 1 tarì · silver
1536-1553 · Order of St John
The quartered arms of Juan de Homedes fill one side. On the other, the Lamb of God carries the Order’s banner. The museum identifies a silver tarì from the Grand Master’s 1536–1553 tenure.
Technical specifications
- Composition
- Silver
- Mint
- Valletta
- Weight
- Unknown / not verified
- Diameter
- Unknown / not verified
- Total mintage
- Unknown / not verified
- Edge
- Unknown / not verified
- Obverse
- Quartered arms of Juan de Homedes
- Reverse
- Lamb of God carrying the Order’s banner
- Inscriptions
- + F IO OMEDS M HOS HIERLM / + ECCE QVI TOLLIT PECCATA
- Colour
- Unknown / not verified
- Serial format
- Unknown / not verified
Dated coinage was introduced under Homedes. His silver denominations include the tarì, its multiples and the carlino; the denomination must be checked together with the design.
The museum specimen
Measurements describe this museum specimen, not a manufacturing standard.
- Collection
- Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen
- Object / accession
- 18320292 / 1861 Friedländer
- Specimen weight
- 2.62 g
- Specimen diameter
- 22 mm
- Die axis
- 10 h
Museum text attribution and licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen
Dating and classification
A range denotes the issuing reign when no individual issue year is recorded.
Sources
Checked:
- Coins of Malta — Juan de Homedes private collection
- Ashmolean Museum, Heberden Coin Room — HCR30071
- Berlin Münzkabinett — Juan de Homedes · tarì, silver (18320292)
- Museum structured record
Related issues
- Juan de Homedes · 2 tarì · silver · Magistracy 1536–1553
- Juan de Homedes · 4 tarì · silver · Magistracy 1536–1553
- Juan de Homedes · carlino · silver · Magistracy 1536–1553