Auction 427
Date: 2024-02-15
# Items: 460
Total starting: 206121
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 440
Almohad taifas. Anonymous. Sabta (Ceuta). 1/4 dirhem. (Hohertz 663). Extremely rare, probably the only known example. 0,42 g. MBC-/MBC.
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Emirate. AH 275. Al-Mundhir. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. missing) (Fro. 2) (NUMISMA 237 page 292, no. 1). Obv.: ?Dr }& ?I?z above, outside the border. This date is very rare, especially with the full name of Musa ibn Qurd. 2,63 g. MBC-/BC+.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 300
Taifa of Badajoz. Aftasids. Umar al-Mutawakil. Fraction of dirhem. (V. 1021) (Prieto 393) (Medina 72) (FBM. X16, same example). Complete legends. Nice. Very rare like this. 0,31 g. EBC-.
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Caliphate. AH 401. Hisham II (2nd reign). Al Andalus. Dirhem. (Missing in all known catalogs). No name on either side. Mint and date very clear, but without bismillah: the formula begins with "duriba". On the reverse, the 2nd and 3rd lines switched. Possibly minted by an unknown Taifa during the Cordoba revolution. Extremely rare, we only know of another example (Aureo & Calico 05/23/2019, no. 154). 3,06 g. EBC-.
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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.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 322
Taifa unidentified. Al-Hadjib Khalid. Fraction of dinar without marginal legends. (V. 1385) (Prieto 433b). Obv.: mj?z. Rev.: %3#8v! / @v#;. The Muwafaq that appears in the lower line of the obverse also appears in all the known pieces of Yahya al-Mansur of Badajoz, it can be assumed that the unknown Khalid who minted this piece must have had some relation with that Taifa. Very rare. 0,70 g. MBC.
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Almoravids. Iskhaq ibn Ali. 1/2 quirat. (V. 1898) (Hazard 1049) (FBM. E9). 0,46 g. EBC-.
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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" 42, same example). Rev.: @?cv! ®? / ?ê8è. 3,52 g. EBC-.
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Taifas. Hammundids. AH 412. Al-Qasim ibn Hammud. Madinat Sabta (Ceuta). Dirhem. (V. missing) (Prieto 78d) (Ariza Qa12.6) ("Ceuta musulmana" 82). Obv.: HèC?!. Rev.: @?cv! ®? / ?ê8è. Very rare. 3,66 g. MBC+.
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Almoravid Taifas. Banu Ghaniya. Qurtuba (Córdoba). 1/2 quirat. (FBM. L1) (IV Jarique page 208, no. 45, same example). Extremely rare. 0,45 g. MBC.
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Almohads. Abd al-Mu'min. Ceuta. 1/2 dinar. (V. 2055) (Hazard 451) ("Ceuta musulmana" 165). Mint mark beneath the area on both sides. Very rare. 2,23 g. MBC.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 313
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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Caliphate. AH 415. Muhammad III. Al Andalus. Fraction of dinar. (V. missing) (Prieto 26b). Obv.: Ds&. Very rare. 0,78 g. MBC-.
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Almoravid Taifas. Sidray ibn Wasir al-Qaysi, recognizing Hamdin of Cordoba. Quirat. (V. missing, obv 1909 and rev 1908) (FBM. Hb8, same example) (Jarique IV page 206, no. 38). No mint mentioned but coined in Silves. Very rare. 0,91 g. EBC-.
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Almoravid Taifas. Sidray ibn Wasir al-Qaysi recognizing Hamdin of Cordoba. Quirat. (V. 1909) (FBM. Hb6) (Gomes 03.04) (II Jarique, page 69, no. 9). No mint mentioned but coined in Silves. Very rare. 0,69 g. MBC.
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Almohads. Abu Ya'qub Yusuf. Madinat Marrakush (Marrakech). 1/2 dinar. (V. missing) (Hazard 489). With the title of "Amir al-Muminin". Carelessly struck. 2,26 g. MBC+.
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Caliphate. AH 406. Sulayman (2nd reign). Al Andalus. Dirhem. (Prieto "Suplemento" 16, same example). Obv.: uêJ&. Rev.: @?cv! ®? / @{8z. The "Asil" or "Basil" on the obverse is unknown and does not appear either on Vives or on Miles. Extremely rare, we only know of another example (Aureo & Calico 03/12/2015, no. 1048). 3,10 g. MBC+.
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Almohad taifas. Musa ibn Mahfuz, amir of the Algarbe. Labla (Niebla). Dirhem. (V. 2123) (Medina 208). Rare. 1,51 g. EBC.
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Almoravids. Yusuf ibn Tashfin and Amir Ali. 1/8 quirat. (FBM. Bb13, same example) (NUMISMA 237, page 295, no. 8, same example). It's the only known example. 0,16 g. EBC-.
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Almoravids. Ali ibn Yusuf and el amir Sir. Quirat. (FBM. Ce12, same example) (Delgado "Láminas", page 105, no. 350, same example). Probably the only known example. 0,93 g. EBC-.
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Taifa of Toledo. Dun-Nunids. Yahya al-Ma'mum. Fraction of dinar without marginal legends. (V. 1092) (Prieto 327). Extremely rare especially with the full text. 1,09 g. MBC.