1 Tarì
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Amalfi
(Lombard Kingdom)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1070-1100 |
| Value | Tari (1) |
| Currency | Tari |
| Composition | Gold (.290) |
| Weight | 1.0 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 560099 |
| References | MEC XIV# 40 Philip Grierson, Lucia Travaini; 1998. Medieval European Coinage / Volume 14: Italy III - South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia: With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes). |
Obverse
Short cross in small inner circle surrounded by a broad, circular pseudo-kufic legend, and an outer narrower one, separated by a solid circle.
Script: Arabic (kufic)
Reverse
Short cross in small inner circle surrounded by a broad, circular pseudo-kufic legend, and an outer narrower one, separated by a solid circle.
Script: Arabic (kufic)
Mint
Zancle, Sicily, modern-day Messina, ItalyComments
Anonymous imitation of the Fatimid ¼ dinar, blundered mint & date.
Grierson and Travaini attribute the type to Amalfi, and the fineness is based on analysis of a single sample, but is typical of 11th c. taris.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1070-1100) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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Bullion value: USD 41.48
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Actual gold weight: 0.009 oz
Current gold price: 4449.30 USD/oz (see gold price 
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