Caliphate. AH 405. Sulayman (2nd reign). Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 797) (Prieto 28d). Obv.: }{êwI. Rev.: @?cv! ®? / @{8z.For this piece and the following one, the references of Vives and Prieto, as they appear in the Tonegawa Collection, seem to us to be erroneous: there is the type with the name of ibn Khalaf on obverse iw; }&, but this is not the one that appears on the coin presented here. We believe that only Medina (last line on page 147) mentions this unknown coin. ?D? }&! (?). Very rare. 2,91 g. MBC+.
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Governors. Contemporary counterfeits. AH 103. Post-reform type. Al Andalus. Dirhem. Contemporary counterfeit coin, with low silver content, with a later epigraphic style. Slightly clipped flan and holed. Rare. 1,86 g. (MBC-).
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Emirate. Dirhem flan that was found with coins from the time of Abd al-Rahman II and Muhammad I. Very rare. 2,60 g. MBC+.
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Caliphate. AH 399. Muhammad II. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 681) (Fro. 42) (Prieto 1). Obv.: C??3. 3,59 g. EBC.
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Caliphate. AH 318. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 354) (Fro. 7). Two period perforations. Very scarce, we have only had one example. 2,28 g. (MBC-).
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Taifa of Almeria. Al-Mu'tasim bi-Allah. Al-Mariya (Almeria). Dirhem. (V. 1046) (Prieto 359). Mint hardly visible. Very rare. 4,29 g. MBC.
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Taifas. Hammundids. AH 407. Ali ibn Hammud, as pretender to the Caliphate. Madinat Sabta (Ceuta). Dirhem. (V. 730) (Prieto 62a) (Ariza A4.2) ("Ceuta musulmana" type 25-33). Rev.: @?cv! ®? / ?ê8è. Rare. 3 g. MBC+/MBC.
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Almoravids. Iskhaq ibn Ali. 1/2 quirat. (V. 1902) (Hazard 1047) (FBM. E12). Rare. 0,51 g. EBC-.
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Caliphate. AH 399. Muhammad II. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 683) (Fro. 129) (Prieto 3b). Obv.: C??3. Reverse in five lines. Very rare, we have only had 2 examples. 3,38 g. EBC-.
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Caliphate. AH 319. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 360) (Fro. 6) (Delgado "Láminas" page 100, no. 8, same example). Carelessly struck. Very scarce, we have only had one example. 2,67 g. MBC-.
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Taifa of Toledo. Dun-Nunids. AH 460. Yahya al-Ma'mum. Madinat Tulaytula (Toledo). Dirhem. (Prieto "Suplemento" 120). Specimen of less weight and lower metal content than the other four known examples. 2,14 g. MBC+.
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Almoravid Taifas. Anonymous, but attributed to ibn Qasi. Quirat. (FBM. Fb11) (GACETA NUMISMÁTICA 93, pages 37-38) (II Jarique pages 69 and 85, no. 2). Coinage of Ahmad ibn Qasi who, proclaiming himself Mahdi, ruled regions of the Algarve from AH 539 until his assassination by Almohad instigation in AH 546. The second area of the coin provides an unusual reading matter, showing an anonymous legend and the mention of the Mahdi, different from that expressed on Almohad coins. No mint mentioned but coined in Silves. Radial crack. 0,90 g. EBC-.
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Taifa of Seville. Abbadids. Muhammad ibn 'Abbad, al-Mu'tamid. Fraction of dinar. (V. 939) (Prieto 403e). Obv.: %3#8v! / yM#?. Date Off-flan. Margin clipped to a large extent. 1,37 g. MBC.
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Caliphate. AH 404. Sulayman (2nd reign). Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 788) (Prieto 20c). Obv.: %ê(7. Rev.: @?cv! ®? / @{8z. Small oxidations, and two period perforations that do not affect the date, complete and very clear. Rare. 3,31 g. (MBC+).
Taifa of Valencia. Amirids. Abd al-Aziz, al-Mansur. Fraction of dinar without marginal legend. (V. missing) (Prieto 176a, attributed to Almeria) (Miles 192) (Medina 84). Obv.: @(b }&! / yê7Dv!. Rev.: C?RÅ{v!. 0,63 g. EBC-/EBC.
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Caliphate. AH 397. Hisham II. Nakur. Dirhem. (V. 674). Rev.: Dz#b. Variant with the date units in the feminine form ?c(I. Extremely rare. 2,35 g. MBC.
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Almoravid Taifas. Muhammad ibn Sa'd and el amir Hilal. Quirat or 1/2 dirhem. (V. 1972) (FBM. Rb4) ("Murcia musulmana" 85). Variant with kufic script, like the one in the Museo Casa de la Moneda, no. 695, the imprint illustrated in the Vives catalog is naskhi. Very rare. 0,65 g. MBC-.
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Taifa of Seville. Abbadids. AH 448. Abbad ibn Muhammad, al-Mu'tadid. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 906) (Prieto 397q). Obv.: %3#8v! / uêc{I!. Date units in feminine. Small crack in margin that does not affect readability. Rare. 3,49 g. (MBC+).
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Taifas. Hammundids. AH 407. Ali ibn Hammud, as pretender to the Caliphate. Sabta (Ceuta). Dirhem. (V. 729) (Prieto 62a) (Ariza A4.1) ("Ceuta musulmana" 24, same example). Rev.: @?cv! ®? / ?ê8è. Rare. 2,86 g. MBC+.
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Taifas. Hammundids. AH 408. Ali ibn Hammud, as pretender to the Caliphate. Madinat Sabta (Ceuta). Dirhem. (V. 731) (Prieto 62b) (Ariza A4.3) ("Ceuta musulmana" 46). Rev.: @?cv! ®? / ?ê8è. 3,52 g. MBC.