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4 Tari - Filippo II
| Issuer | Sicily, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1556-1562 |
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| Value | 4 Tari |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1556 TP - - 1557 TP - - 1558 TP - - 1559 TP - - 1560 TP - - 1561 TP - - 1562 TP - - 1562 TP - Date error: 156Z - |
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Philip II inherited Sicily in 1556 upon his father Charles V's abdication, and the early years of his reign saw urgent pressure on Sicilian silver output — the island's mints were critical suppliers to Spanish military operations across the Mediterranean, particularly against Ottoman naval expansion following the fall of Tripoli in 1551. The Palermo mint struck this denomination in significant volume to meet those demands.
The MIR 317 attribution covers a span of die variations across the issue years, and Spahr's numbering (13–43) reflects just how many obverse and reverse die pairings were documented within this single type.