Taifa of Seville. Abbadids. (AH 456). Abbad ibn Muhammad, al-Mu'tadid. Al Andalus. Fraction of dinar. (V. type 923) (Prieto 400b). Obv.: Dj#^v! / ?wv#& @è?{v!. Rev.: @V,c{v! / ?wv#&. Date no legible. Rare. 1,64 g. EBC-.
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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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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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Taifa of Seville. Abbadids. AH 474. Muhammad ibn 'Abbad, al-Mu'tamid. Madinat Ishbiliya (Seville). Dinar. (V. date missing) (Prieto 412e). Obv.: @êMDv!. Rare. 4,34 g. EBC-.
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Taifa of Seville. Abbadids. Muhammad ibn 'Abbad, al-Mu'tamid. Fraction of dinar without marginal legends. (V. 968) (Prieto 417d). Obv.: %3#8v! / |?3Dj }&!. Rare. 0,93 g. MBC+.
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Taifa of Seville. Abbadids. AH 473. Muhammad ibn 'Abbad, al-Mu'tamid. Madinat Qurtuba (Córdoba). Dinar. (V. 975) (Prieto 421a). Obv.: @êMDv! / |?z#{v!. Nice, large module. Rare. 4,67 g. EBC.
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Taifa of Seville. Abbadids. AH 470. Muhammad ibn 'Abbad, al-Mu'tamid. Madinat Ishbiliya (Seville). Dirhem. (V. 960) (Prieto 413a). Obv.: @êMDv!. Very rare. 3,41 g. MBC.
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Taifa of Almeria. AH 433. Anonymous, minted by Ma'an ibn Sumadih. Al Andalus. Copper Dirhem. (Variant of V. 1042 and Prieto 356, for having mint and date). Irregular flan. The Taifa of Almeria fell to Abd al-Aziz of Valencia in AH 429/1037 A.D., but the effective government was held by the governor ibn Sumadih, who soon decided to suppress the name of the sovereign on the coins. Extremely rare. 2,30 g. MBC.
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Taifa of Almeria. Anonymous, minted by Ma'an ibn Sumadih. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 1041 and Prieto 354c, but with the two marginal legends visible and legible for the most part). In the "Suplemento" to Prieto's work, No. 136, "inner marginal legend" has been exchanged for "outer" and "1st area" for "2nd", Fontela Ballesta, whose article in GACETA NUMISMÁTICA 85 is cited as a reference, describes them correctly (see the comment on the mint in the previous lot). Extraordinary example, high quality silver. Extremely rare in this condition. 4,56 g. MBC+.
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Taifa of Granada. Zirids. s/d. Badis ibn Habbus al-Muzaffar. Madinat Gharnata (Granada). Dirhem. (V. 852) (Prieto 111f) (Ariza IdII.14.7). Minted by Badis in the name of Idris II, when the Hammudi dynasty had been extinct for a decade. Completely legible mint, no space for the date. 5,74 g. MBC.
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Taifa of Granada. Ziríes. Badis ibn Habbus al-Muzaffar. Madinat Gharnata (Granada). Dirhem. (V. 852) (Prieto 111f) (Ariza IdII 4.7). (See comment on the previous lot). Partially legible margin, in the mint area, "Madinat Gar...". 6,28 g. MBC.
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Taifa of Granada. Ziríes. Badis ibn Habbus al-Muzaffar. Madinat Gharnata (Granada). Dirhem. (V. 852) (Prieto 111f) (Ariza IdII14.7). (See comment on lot 317). Obverse margin almost complete, but only in mint "Madinat Gharna..." legible. 5,90 g. MBC.
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Taifas of Malaga. Ziríes. Tamim ibn Buluggin al-Mustansir. Fraction of dinar without marginal legends. (Prieto "Suplemento" 70) (Delgado "Láminas" 25). Small crack. Extremely rare, we only know of three other examples. 1,48 g. EBC-.
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Anonymous Taifa. Anonymous. Fraction of dinar in very low gold content. (Prieto "Suplemento" 169) (Artur Bofarull, on ACTA NUMISMÀTICA 20, page 122). These coins are usually found with coins from the Taifa of Valencia. Off-center. 1,06 g. MBC-.
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