- Object type
- Coins
- Date
- Production: 1595 - 1601
- Subject(s)
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Knights of Malta
Religion and Devotion - Associated person
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Martín Garzés (1525 - 1601)
Subject: St John the Baptist (c. 6 BC - c. AD 30) - Inscriptions
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obverse: [F].MARTINVS [G]ARZE[Z] [?]
reverse: PRO[PT]ER VER[ITATE]M ET [JUSTICIAM] (FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 30.54mm
Weight: 9.54g - Materials and technique
- Silver, struck
- Credit line
- Photographed with the support of James Drabble MStJ and Clare Drabble, 2025
- Catalogue number
- M10.1
Tarì of Grand Master Martín Garzés
As the patron saint of the Order of St John, John the Baptist features as a subject on many of the Order’s coins. This coin features his head on a platter, in reference to his beheading, with the long hair and beard that characterises depictions of this saint.