Jean de la Valette · 2 tarì

1557-1568 · Order of St John

Valette’s quartered arms appear on the front. Saint John stands on the reverse with a cross-staff. This is a silver two-tarì specimen, distinct from the Order’s copper fiduciary money.

Jean de la Valette · 2 tarì, silver · obverse
Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen; photograph by Johannes Eberhardt · Public Domain Mark 1.0 · Sources
Jean de la Valette · 2 tarì, silver · reverse
Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen; photograph by Johannes Eberhardt · Public Domain Mark 1.0 · Sources

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 Jean de la Valette
Reverse
Saint John holding a cross-staff
Inscriptions
+ F IO DE VALETA M HOSP HIERV / P-ARATE VIA-M DOMIN-I
Colour
Unknown / not verified
Serial format
Unknown / not verified

The museum specimen

Measurements describe this museum specimen, not a manufacturing standard.

Collection
Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen
Object / accession
18320312 / 1861 Friedländer
Specimen weight
5.19 g
Specimen diameter
26 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

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