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1/2 Tarí - Carlo III
| Issuer | Sicily, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1733 |
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| Currency | Tari (1060-1754) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of King Carlo III (Charles III of Bourbon) facing right, with flowing hair bound by a laurel wreath, the truncation visible at the base of the neck. The circumferential Latin legend is divided by pellets and reads CAROL. - III. D. G, rendered in relief against the flat field. The portrait exhibits the robust baroque engraving style characteristic of Sicilian coinage of the early eighteenth century. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Carlo III's Sicilian coinage of 1733 was struck just as he consolidated control of the island following the War of the Polish Succession — his campaign through Naples and Sicily in that year effectively ended over two decades of Habsburg domination. The half tarí was a denomination with deep roots in the Arab-Norman monetary system of medieval Sicily, the word "tarí" itself derived from the Arabic "ṭarī," meaning fresh-struck.
Spahr's reference remains the essential catalog for this series, and his attribution distinguishes several die marriages within this type.