Gobernadores. Tipo posterior a la reforma
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Governors. AH 116. Post-reform type. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 30) (Fro. 1). Very beautiful. Very rare; we have not had any other example before. 2,96 g. EBC.
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Governors. Transition coins. Early times of the conquest. Transitional issues in Latin. Indiction dinar. Obv.: INDC XII in the center, legend partially off-center around, according to the description of the Tonegawa collection on the web. Date and mint unclear. Trent Jonson studied this same example in his “Numismatic Early Islamic” (page 181 and ff) and suggested that the indiction was XIII, with a last digit obliterated, and that the margin legend corresponded to that of the African series: INN¡NIM]RC](()¡FERTINAF. However, the star on the obverse clearly indicates its Spanish minting; it is, therefore, a unique and extraordinarily interesting example. Extremely rare. 4,20 g. MBC.
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Nasaríes de Granada. Muhammad VIII (aH 819-821/831-832)
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Nasrids of Granada. Muhammad VIII. Madinat Gharnata (Granada). Dinar. (V. 2173) ("Numismática Nasrí" 18). Slightly warped, insignificant crack. Very rare. 4,58 g. (EBC-).
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Almoravids. Ali ibn Yusuf and el amir Tashfin. Bani Tawda. Quirat. (FBM Ch1, same example). First published by Tawfiq Ibrahim in NVMISMA 237 (1996) page 298, no. 18. Bani Tawda, north of Miknasa (Meknès), is also the mint that appears on a dinar from AH 512 (Hazard 168), although in that case there is a final "alif" instead of the "teh marbuta". Extremely rare, we only know of two other examples, one of them at the "Museo de la Casa of la Moneda" (Mint Museum). 0,79 g. EBC.
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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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Almohads. AH 628. Abu-l-'Ula Idris I al-Ma'mun. Marrakush (Marrakech). Dirhem. (MANQUSO 2, page 67) (Hohertz A562, same example). This piece is the material proof of Idris I's attempt to move away from the influence of the Mahdi and return to Sunni orthodoxy. It is the first known coin to invoke the Quran instead of the Mahdi, as later occurred with the beni Zeyan and the beni Marini. Soldering traces on obverse, which do not prevent reading the mint and the date. It's the only known example. 3,01 g. BC+.
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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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Caliphate. AH 322. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dinar. (V. missing) (Fro. 4, same example) (III Jarique page 315, no. 3, same example). Obv.: @êcI. The only dinar known to bear the name of Sa’id ibn Yassas, who was the prefect of the Cordoba mint from AH 322 until the end of AH 329 or the beginning of AH 330. Very nice. Extremely rare. 3,72 g. S/C-.*This item cannot be exported (it has been declared BIC).
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Caliphate. AH 334. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dinar. (V. 401, with bismillah on reverse beginning at 3 o'clock) (Miles 222a). Obv.: @{8z. Slightly warped. Very rare. 4,31 g. EBC-.
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Almoravid Taifas. AH 564. Muhammad ibn Sa'd, ibn Madarnish. Mursiya (Murcia). 1/2 dinar. (V. 1966) ("Murcia musulmana" 78N). Very rare. 2,23 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 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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Taifas. Hammundids. AH 408. Ali ibn Hammud, as pretender to the Caliphate. Al Andalus. Dinar. (V. missing) (Prieto 63c) (Ariza A3.3). Rev.: @?cv! ®? / ?ê8è. Extremely rare. 4,17 g. MBC+.*This item cannot be exported (it has been declared BIC).
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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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Caliphate. AH 334. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dinar. (IV Jarique page 37, no. 3, same example). Rev.: @{8z. The double line of legend in the margin of the obverse of this example is a unique case in the dinars of al-Andalus. Poorly struck in a part that does not affect the reading of the data. 4,11 g. MBC+.
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