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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Almoravids. Yusuf ibn Tashfin and Amir Ali. Qurtuba (Córdoba). Quirat. (V. 1533) (FBM. Bb2) (Hazard 904). Obv.: ¿@cJ?. Weak strike in a small area. Very rare. 0,88 g. MBC+.
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Almoravids. Yusuf ibn Tashfin and Amir Ali. Qurtuba (Córdoba). 1/2 quirat. (FBM. Bb4, same example) (IV Jarique, page 196, no. 9, same example). Unprecedented mint for this type. It's the only known example. 0,49 g. MBC.
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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. Qurtuba (Córdoba). Quirat. (V. 1706) (Hazard 965) (FBM. Cc1). Rev.: ?wv! ?R~ over the IIA, in a cartouche as a countermark. This coin is an important epigraphic document that gives us in IA the earliest use of the naskhi script in al Andalus, a singular use that would not reappear in the coinage until almost three decades later. Very rare. 0,71 g. EBC-.
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Almoravids. Ali ibn Yusuf. Qurtuba (Córdoba). Quirat. (FBM. Cb10) (NVMISMA 231, page 296, no. 10, same example). Two holes. Rare. 1,05 g. (EBC-).
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Almoravids. Ali ibn Yusuf. Qurtuba (Córdoba). 1/2 quirat. (FBM. Ca9.1, same example, as 1/4 quirat) (NVMISMA 237, page 297, no. 16, same example). Federico Benito de los Mozos justifies the 1/4 quirat denomination because it has legends on both sides. Very rare. 0,37 g. BC+.
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Almoravids. Ali ibn Yusuf. Qurtuba (Córdoba). 1/5 quirat. (FBM. Ca10) (NUMISMA 237, page 297, no. 17, same example). Although undated, the epigraphy, decoration, and the r below the mint gives it a very similar style to those of AH 505 of the same mint. (V. 1669). 0,16 g. EBC-.
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Almoravids. Ali ibn Yusuf. 1/4 quirat. (V. 1691) (Hazard 936) (FBM. Ca23). This 1/4 quirat looks like a 1/2 quirat but falls short in weight. 0,38 g. MBC.
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Almoravids. Ali ibn Yusuf. 1/2 quirat. (V. 1705) (Hazard 935) (FBM. Ca28). Vives only registers the 1/2 quirat. The last two coins are within the weight of a quirat, as arbitrarily defined by Vives (page LXXI of his introduction). 0,95 g. MBC.
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