Gold Tari

Unidentified Sicilian maker

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1130-1154

Gold

Diameter: 7/16 in. (11.3 mm)

Weight: 0.81 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Class of 1962

990.24.27092

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1000-1400

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, on obverse: a sunburst; inscribed on the reverse: ICXC NKA [surrounding a cross]

Course History

HIST 7.19, Medieval Paris, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2022

History 3.01, Europe in the Age of Wonder, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin and Walter Simons, Winter 2023

Provenance

Harmer and Rooke Numismatists, Ltd, 1983; Virginia Williamson, 1983-1990; given to present collection, 1990.

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