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3 Tari - Filippo IV
| Issuer | Sicily, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1620-1665 |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central cross with a stylized flame or foliated ornament at each of its four terminals, surmounted by a small crown at each end, occupying the inner field. Mintmaster's initials appear flanking the lower arms of the cross. The circumferential Latin legend, which includes the regnal title and date, runs along the border, with the date placed at the conclusion of the inscription. A beaded inner circle frames the central device. |
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| Mintage | 1620 IP - - 1622 IP - - 1623 IP - - 1624 IP - - 1625 IP - - 1626 IP - - 1627 IP - - 1628 IP - - 1631 IP - - 1632 IP - - 1636 IP - - 1638 IP - - 1640 IP-MP - - 1642 DF-F - - 1643 IP-MP - - 1644 DF-F - - 1644 IP-MP - - 1645 IP-MP - - 1646 IP-MP - - 1647 IP-MP - - 1648 IP-MP - - 1649 IP-MP - - 1650 IP-MP - - 1651 IP-MP - - 1652 IL-V - - 1653 DP-DV - - 1653 IP-PP - - 1654 IP-PP - - 1655 DG-V - - 1659 DG-V - - 1661 DG-V - - 1661 IP-P - - 1663 DG-V - - 1664 DG-V - - 1665 DG-V - - |
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Sicily operated under Spanish Hapsburg rule throughout this period, with Philip IV reigning from 1621 — meaning pieces dated to the 1620 opening of this type's range were struck under his predecessor Philip III. The tari was a distinctly Sicilian denomination, its name deriving from the Arabic tārī, a direct inheritance from the island's Norman-era gold coinage that itself drew on Fatimid monetary practice. That etymological chain — Islamic gold to Norman billon to Spanish silver — runs nearly six centuries by the time this piece was struck.
The MIR reference acknowledges at least 30 die varieties across this type's production run, a span reflecting four decades of output from the Palermo mint under successive viceroys.