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. AH 484. Yusuf ibn Tashfin. Sabta (Ceuta). Dinar. (V. 1464) (Hazard 73) ("Ceuta musulmana" 156, same example). Rodríguez Lorente points out that the small ornament on the first line of the obverse of this piece is identical to the Murcia piece dated AH 486, which is the next lot in this auction. Insignificant hairline on reverse, but very nice. Very rare. 4,05 g. EBC.
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Almoravids. AH 486. Yusuf ibn Tashfin. Mursiya (Murcia). Dinar. ("Murcia musulmana" 19, same example). Rodríguez Lorente points out that the small ornament between the first line of the obverse of this piece is identical to the Ceuta piece from AH 484, which is the previous lot of this auction. Very rare. 4,12 g. EBC-.
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Almoravids. AH 493. Yusuf ibn Tashfin. Qurtuba (Córdoba). Dinar. Unprecedented. Neither Vives nor Hazard record a Cordoban dinar of this year, in both catalogs there is a hiatus between AH 492 and 496. But an even more extraordinary detail of this piece is its date: "fi Shawal sanata..." (in [the month of] Shawal of the year...). Curiously, the very rare known cases that cite the mint month are also found in Cordoba and within this three-year period with no "normal" examples in the catalogs. Extremely rare. 4,11 g. EBC.*This item cannot be exported (it has been declared BIC).
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Almoravids. AH 487. Yusuf ibn Tashfin. Madinat Ishbiliya (Seville). Dinar. (IV Jarique page 44, no. 16, same example). First Almoravid coinage of this mint. Note the early use of diacritical points on the "shin" of Ishbiliya and that of "tha" of the tens of date. Insignificant crack. It's the only known example. 4,09 g. (EBC).*This item cannot be exported (it has been declared BIC).
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Almoravids. AH 491. Yusuf ibn Tashfin. Sanluka (Sanlúcar). Dinar. (V. 1491) (Hazard 108). The mint is preceded by the preposition ß in front (see magnification). Extremely rare. 3,99 g. EBC-.*This item cannot be exported (it has been declared BIC).
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Almoravids. AH 491. Yusuf ibn Tashfin. Shatiba (Játiva). Dinar. (Cru.C.G. 1628b, same example). Very beautiful. Probably the only known example. 4,07 g. S/C-.
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Almoravids. AH 493. Yusuf ibn Tashfin. Al-Mariya (Almeria). Dinar. (GACETA NUMISMÁTICA 93, page 29, no. 8) (Missing date in Vives and Hazard). Very rare. 4,11 g. EBC-.
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Almoravids. AH 493. Yusuf ibn Tashfin. Madinat Malaqa (Malaga). Dinar. (NVMISMA 237, page 294, no. 5, same example). Metal poorly struck in a small area on the reverse, which does not affect the mint or the date. 4,14 g. MBC+.
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Almoravids. AH 498. Yusuf ibn Tashfin. Balansiya (Valencia). Dinar. (V. 1507) (Hazard 129) (Cru.C.G. 1624). Without the word ?ÅI on the date. Reddish gold, very nice. Very rare like this. 4,10 g. EBC.
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Almoravids. AH 511. Ali ibn Yusuf. Mursiya (Murcia). Dinar. (Missing date in Vives, Hazard and Rodríguez Lorente) (Delgado "Láminas" page 105, no. 31, same example). 4 g. MBC+.
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Almoravids. AH 517. Ali ibn Yusuf. Gharnata (Granada). Dinar. (V. 1615) (Hazard 248). With the preposition ß in front of the mint. Nice. 4 g. EBC.
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Almoravids. AH 539. Tashfin ibn 'Ali. Ishbiliya (Seville). Dinar. (NUMISMA 237, page 298, no. 20). Only with the name of Ibrahim, on a sixth line of the obverse side. It was bent, and scratch on obverse side. We know of only one other example, auctioned at Aureo & Calico on 03/14/2019, no. 27. 4,11 g. MBC+.*This item cannot be exported (it has been declared BIC).
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Almoravids. Abu Bakr ibn 'Umar. Quirat. (FBM. A5, same example). Vives publishes this piece as 1/2 quirat, with a third line under the reverse side that does not really exist. 0,99 g. EBC.
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Almoravids. AH 494. Yusuf ibn Tashfin. Miknasa (Mequinez). Dirham or quirat. (FBM. Ba1, same example) (Actas XIV CNI. 2009, page 1822, same example). With no mention of an heir and with the title Nasir al-din appearing in the obverse margin before the ruler's name. In the center of the same side, the division of the word "rasul" into two lines is unusual, if not unique, for the period, and has not been found again in Almoravid coinage. Metrologically this coin is assimilated to the rest of the quirats, but its typology preserves some elements typical of issues from other previous periods, such as the wide marginal legends and the separation with the central legends. It's the only known example. 0,93 g. EBC-.*This item cannot be exported (it has been declared BIC).
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