Tarì

Tarì (from

Arabic طري ṭarī, lit. "fresh" or "newly minted money")^[1] was the Christian designation of a type of gold coin of Islamic origin minted in Sicily, Malta and Southern Italy from about 913 to the 13th century.^[2]

History

In the Islamic world, this type of coin was designated under the name ruba'i, or quarter-dinar, as it weighed 1.05 g (0.034 ozt) of gold.^[1] The ruba'i had been minted by the Muslims in Sicily, unlike the Muslim rulers of North Africa, who preferred the larger dinar.^[3] It became highly popular as it was smaller and therefore more convenient than the large-sized 4.25 g (0.137 ozt) dinar.^[4]

The tarì were so widespread that imitations were made in Southern Italy (

carat gold (0.681 fineness) with some adjunction of silver and copper.^[3] The tarì were also produced by the Hohenstaufens and the early Angevins.^[6]

The tarì coins were generally minted from

Northern Africa in exchange for grain.^[6]

Nowadays, the tari is a subunit (1/12) of the scudo, souvenir coins issued by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Cardini, p. 26
^ "ACR Numismatic Auction 19 (Page: 1) - en".
^ ^a ^b ^c Matthew, p. 240
^ ^a ^b Grierson, p. 3
^ British Museum, Islamic Art room
^ ^a ^b Blanchard, p. 196

Works cited

Blanchard, Ian. Mining, Metallurgy and Minting in the Middle Ages.
ISBN 978-3-515-07958-7 Mining, Metallurgy and Minting in the Middle Ages: Asiatic supremacy, 425-1125

Cardini, Franco. Europe and Islam.
ISBN 978-0-631-22637-6 Europe and Islam

Grierson, Philip. Medieval European Coinage.
ISBN 978-0-521-58231-5 Medieval European Coinage: Volume 14, South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia: With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Matthew, Donald, The Norman kingdom of Sicily Cambridge University Press, 1992
ISBN 978-0-521-26911-7 The Norman Kingdom of Sicily

External links

Media related to Tarì at Wikimedia Commons

[auto2-1] Cardini, p. 26

[2] "ACR Numismatic Auction 19 (Page: 1) - en".

[auto-3] Matthew, p. 240

[auto1-4] Grierson, p. 3

[5] British Museum, Islamic Art room

[auto3-6] Blanchard, p. 196

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