¼ Dinar/Robai "Tarì" - Al-Mustansir Billah Stellate
Features
| Issuer |
Emirate of Sicily
(Fatimid Caliphate)  |
|---|---|
| Caliph |
al-Mustansir (1036-1094)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 447-453 (1036-1094) |
| Calendar | Islamic (Hijri) |
| Value | ¼ Dinar |
| Currency | Dinar (628/632-1598) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 1 g |
| Diameter | 14.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 74275 |
| References | Spahr1# 41 Rodolfo Spahr; 1976. Le Monete Siciliane / 1. Dai Bizantini a Carlo I d' Angio (582 – 1282). Association Internationale des Numismates Professionnels, Zürich, Switzerland. Alberto Varesi; 2017. Monete Italiane Regionali / Volume 4. Sicilia (2nd Edition). Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy. Elio Biaggi; 1992. Monete e zecche medievali italiane: dal sec. VIII al sec. XV. Montenegro (Edizioni Numismatiche di Eupremio Montenegro), Turin, Italy. Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes). |
Obverse
Three pairs of radially-oriented parallel lines intersecting symmetrically with each other in a starlike pattern, and with inner circle wherein each space has a pellet. Cufic character at end of each line, and circumferential inscription.
Script: Arabic (kufic)
Reverse
Three pairs of radially-oriented parallel lines intersecting symmetrically with each other in a starlike pattern, and with inner circle wherein each space has a pellet. Cufic character at end of each line, and circumferential inscription.
Script: Arabic (kufic)
Mint
Palermo, ItalyComments
Born as Arabic gold coin weighing about 1 gram worth about 1/4 of the Arab-Islamic Dinar and initially called ruba'i (literally as "Quartino").
It was introduced in Sicily around 913 by the Fatimids.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1036-1094) | 427-487 AH | ||||||||||||||
| 447 (1056) | |||||||||||||||
| 453 (1061) | |||||||||||||||
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