tarì
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thumb|Norman tarì of Roger II of Sicily, with [[Arabic inscriptions, minted in Palermo. Now in the British Museum.]] thumb|A pre-Norman Sicilian ruba'i/tarì in the name of Caliph Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah|Al-Mustansir. [[British Museum.]] thumb|A pre-Norman Sicilian ruba'i/tarì in the name of Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah|Al-Hakim, 1005. [[British Museum.]] Tarì (from Arabic , ) 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.
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thumb|Norman tarì of Roger II of Sicily, with [[Arabic inscriptions, minted in Palermo. Now in the British Museum.]] thumb|A pre-Norman Sicilian ruba'i/tarì in the name of Caliph Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah|Al-Mustansir. [[British Museum.]] thumb|A pre-Norman Sicilian ruba'i/tarì in the name of Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah|Al-Hakim, 1005. [[British Museum.]] Tarì (from Arabic , ) 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.
==History==
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