Califato. Hisham II, 1r reinado (aH 366-399)
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Caliphate. AH 391. Hisham II. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 558) (Fro. 158). Obv.: @{8z. Rev.: #b / Dz, legend in five lines and a six-dotted column in vertical to the left of the field. Very rare. 3,04 g. MBC+.
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Califato. Hisham II, 1r reinado (aH 366-399)
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Caliphate. AH 398. Hisham II. Fas. Dirhem. (MANQUSO 13, page 117 and 122). Obv.: qw{v! @(b. Rev.: %3#8v! / Fc{v!. With the names of Abad al-Malik on the obverse and "al-Hadjib al-Mu'izz" on the reverse side. Partially weak strike, but mint and date units very clear. Rare, we only know the two examples published by David Francés in MANQUSO 13 and the one we auctioned in 2013 (Aureo & Calico 12/04/2013, no. 1403). 3,81 g. MBC-.
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Caliphate. AH 320. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 372) (Fro. 23). Obv.: ?ê8è / H~è }&!. Reverse with five lines. Date with ?ÅI ß, that Vives could not observe. Carelessly struck like all those of these early years. Very scarce. 2,91 g. MBC-.
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Caliphate. AH 321. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. missing) (Fro. 321.30d page 28, same example). Obv.: ?ê8è / H~è }&!. Reverse with five lines. At the beginning of this date, coins are still being minted according to the typology of previous years and the name of Yahya b. Yunus continues to appear, given the rarity of this example, it seems that this mint master had to be replaced earlier that year. Very scarce. 2,04 g. BC+.
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Caliphate. AH 365. Al-Hakam II. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. missing) (Fro. 20, same example). Rev.: #b / Dz. Attractive. This variant with the name ‘A-mir’ split above and below the field, very rare, was only known in the previous year, AH 364 (V. 478), for AH 365, we do not know of any other example than the one we are presenting. 2,76 g. MBC+.
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Emirate. AH 211. Abd al-Rahman II. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 134) (Fro. 3). Obv.: @w; on the 3rd line. Rev.: ?wv above. Very scarce. 2,55 g. MBC.
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Taifas. Fas, after the Cordoba revolution. ¿AH 41(-) or 42(-)?. Dunas ibn Hamama. Madinat Fas. Dirhem. Tentative attribution, Abu al-Attaf Dunas succeeded his father, Hammama, in 431 AH, so if the date is read correctly, this dirhem could not have been coined by him. Carelessly struck, only the mint seems to be clear. 2,23 g. MBC+.
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Taifa of Saragossa. Banu Hud. AH 465. Imad al-Dawla Ahmad I ibn Sulayman, al-Muqtadir. Saraqusta (Saragossa). Dirhem. (V. 1202) (Prieto 268f). Date weak, but doubtless. Rare. 5,08 g. MBC-.
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Taifa of Toledo. Dun-Nunids. Yahya al-Ma'mum. Fraction of dinar without marginal legends, on electron. (V. 1100) (Prieto 335). Full name of the king. Very nice. 0,45 g. EBC-.
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Califato. Hisham II, 2o reinado (aH 400-403)
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Caliphate. AH 403. Hisham II (2nd reign). Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 708) (Prieto 15). Obv.: G#(b }&!. The name of Ibn Abbas does not appear on any other coin of the Caliphate. Very rare. 3,09 g. MBC+.
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Caliphate. AH 405. Sulayman (2nd reign). Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. ¿799?) (Prieto ¿29?). Obv.: }{êwI. Rev.: @?cv! ®? / @{8z. Slightly clipped flan but well minted and with all data visible.. Very rare. 2,92 g. (EBC-).
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Almohad taifas. Banu Hud. Muhammad al-Mutawakkil. 1/4 dirhem. (Similar to V. 2132, but without mint and smaller module) (NVMISMA 237 page 301, no. 27, same example). Very rare. 0,33 g. MBC-.
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Taifa of Saragossa. Banu Hud. AH 445. Imad al-Dawla Ahmad I ibn Sulayman, al-Muqtadir. Saraqusta (Saragossa). Dirhem. (V. 1178) (Prieto 265f). Obv.: Dê;. Rev.: @{7!. Attempted perforation on obverse and small minting crack. Rare. 4,56 g. (MBC).
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Califato. Hisham II, 1r reinado (aH 366-399)
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Caliphate. AH 367. Hisham II. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 501) (Fro. 42). Rev.: Dz#b. With "fi" before "sanata". Large flan. Scarce. 3,57 g. MBC+.
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Taifa of Saragossa. Banu Hud. AH (44)1. Sulayman ibn Yusuf, Tadj al-Dawla. (Saraqusta (Saragossa)). Dinar fragment. (V. 1164) (Prieto 256a). The fragment does not have the name of the mint, but it does have the laqab of Sulayman and the date. Very rare. 1,25 g. MBC+.
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