Tarì anonymous
Features
| Issuer |
Principality of Salerno
(Lombard Kingdom)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 946-1027 |
| Value | 1 Tarì = ¼ Solidus |
| Currency | Solidus (839-1077) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 1.01 g |
| Diameter | 16 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 150239 |
| References | MEC XIV# 12 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.Victor Emmanuel of Savoy; 1939. Corpus Nummorum Italicorum / Volume 18. Italia Meridionale Constinetale (zecche minori): Primo tentativo di un Catalogo generale delle monete medievali e moderne coniate in Italia o da Italiani in altri paesi. Carlo Colombo, Rome, Italy. , Fr# cf. 1003 Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes). |
Obverse
Dot in circle surrounded by two layers of pseudo-Kufic legend.
Script: Arabic (kufic)
Lettering:
لا إله إلا الله ، محمد هو رسول الله
وعلي هو أفضل وكلاء الله وخير أحسن الرسل
Translation: No god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God and Ali is the most excellent of God’s agents and the vizier of the best of the messengers.
Reverse
Dot in circle surrounded by two layers of pseudo-Kufic legend.
Script: Arabic (kufic)
Lettering:
الشخص الذي تمجد دين الله ، أمير المؤمنين
يستدعي الإمام معاد أن يدعي وحدة الله الأزلية
Translation: The one who exalts the religion of God, Commander of the Faithful. The Imam Ma’add summons to profess the eternal unity of God.
Comments
This coin is imitating an al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah ¼ dinar of the Fatimid Caliphate. While the legend is not certain, a reasonable assumption is that it meant to be the same as the coin it is imitating.
Variations of the lettering exist. While the exact date-range is not known, this coin was probably not made after the reign of Guaimar IV (999-1027), since the Tarì pieces after that ruler have Latin legends in the secondary line on inscription of the obverse.
Another example:
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
Variations of the lettering exist. While the exact date-range is not known, this coin was probably not made after the reign of Guaimar IV (999-1027), since the Tarì pieces after that ruler have Latin legends in the secondary line on inscription of the obverse.
Another example:
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (946-1027) | |||||||||||||||
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