Coins of al-Andalus Tonegawa
collection
ALMORAVID
TAIFAS
Banu Ghaniya
Hamdin
Ahmmad ibn Hud
Abderahman ibn Hud
Ibn ’Iyad
Ibn Faradj
Ibn ’Ubaid
Muhammad ibn Sa’ad
Ahmmad ibn Qasi
Ibn Wazir
Muhammad ibn ’Ali
Pro Almohads
Almoravid style Christian coinage.
Banu
Ghaniya-The last Almoravid governors. بنو غانية Córdoba till 543H. Granada till 549H. Mallorca till 599H. |
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Dinar Qurtuba (Córdoba) 542H 4.04gr 25mm Vives 1978 Hazard 446 |
Quirat 0.98gr 11mm Vives 1980 |
Quirat 0.95gr 11mm Vives 1981 |
Quirat 0.95gr 11mm Vives 1981 |
Quirat 0.98gr 11mm IV Jarique, pg 208, nº 44. |
1/2 Quirat Qurtuba (Córdoba) 0.46gr 8mm IV Jarique, pg 208, nº5, second variant this coin. |
1/2 Quirat Qurtuba (Córdoba) 0.45gr 8mm IV Jarique, pg 208, nº5, second variant this coin. |
Dinar Mayurqa (Mallorca) 567H 4.30gr 25mm Vives 1985 (clipped & ex-mount) * |
The epigraphy of this coin is somewhat barbarous, but the coin is of the same die as the one registered by Vives- compare with the rubbing in his volume of plates. The epigraphy certainly contrasts with the dinar of the same mint of the year before. | |
Hamdin ibn Muhammad 539-540 / 1144- 1145 حمدين بن محمد |
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Dinar Qurtuba (Córdoba) 539H 3.92gr 26mm Vives 1903 |
Dinar Qurtuba (Córdoba) 540H 3.94gr 26mm Vives 1904 |
Dinar Qurtuba (Córdoba) 540H 3.92gr 26mm Vives 1905 |
Quirat Qurtuba (Córdoba) 0.96gr 11mm Vives 1906 |
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Quirat Qurtuba (Córdoba) 0.95gr 11mm Vives 1907 |
1/2 Quirat Qurtuba (Córdoba) 0.46gr 9mm Vives 1908 |
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Ahmad ibn Hud 539-540 / 1144-1145 أحمد بن هود |
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Dirham 1.76gr 17mm Vives 1921 |
Dirham 1.74gr 17mm Vives 1921 |
Dirham 1.7gr 15.5mm Vives 1921 |
Quirat 0.88gr 10mm 0.89gr 10mm Vives 1923 |
1/2 Quirat 0.86 gr 11mm IV Jarique, pg 208, nº46, this coin. |
’Abd al Rahmman ibn Hud عبد الرحمن بن هود 540? / 1145 |
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Dirham Bayasa? (Baeza?) 1.78gr 17mm Vives 1924 |
Quirat Ubbada (Úbeda) 0.68gr 11mm Vives 1925 |
1/2 Quirat Ubbada (Úbeda) 0.43gr 8mm Numisma 173, pg 300, nº25, this coin. In the referred article the mint was misread as Atika (Écija). |
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Ibn Malik - unknown except for coins. إبن مالك |
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Quirat 0.96gr 12mm Vives 1919 |
1/2 Quirat 0.44gr 9mm |
Anonymous Quirat Thafra? (Zafra ?) 0.92 13mm IV Jarique, pg 209, nº 47, this coin. This Quirat is anonymous so its tenuous association with Ibn Malik is only founded on the stylistic similarities of the IIA and the nominal recognition of the ’Abbasids. On the other hand the "’ain" at the bottom of the IIA may relate it to Muhammad ibn ’Ali of Badajoz who also nominally recognised the ’Abbasids in his coins ( Vives 1914 ,1987 & 1988 ) The mint name is very problematic as the arabic name for present day Zafra does not appear in the Arabic chronicles. |
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’Abd Allah ibn ’Iyad عبد ألله بن إياد 540- 542 ( two times) / 1145-1147 |
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Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 540H 3.92gr 26mm Vives 1926 |
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’Abd Allah ibn Faradj (al Rais) عبد ألله بن فرج 540- 541 / 1145-1146 |
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Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 541H 3.96gr 26mm Vives 1928 |
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’Ali ibn ’Ubaid 542 / 1147 علي بن عبيد |
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Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 542H 3.92 gr 26mm |
This previously unregistered ruler of Mursiya held power very briefly in the year 542H, for barely two months, from 22nd of Rabi‘ I to the end of Djumada I . A dinar of ’Ali ibn ’Ubaid strick in Murcia, Tawfiq Ibrahim. XII Congreso Internacional de Numismatica, 1593-1597, Madrid, 2005. |
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Muhammad ibn Sa’d (ibn Madarnish) محمد بن سعد بن مرد نيش 542-567 / 1147-1171 |
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Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 542H 3.92gr 25mm Vives 1931 |
Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 544H 3.92gr 25mm Vives 1934 |
Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 544H 3.7gr 25mm Vives 1934 |
Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 545H 3.92gr 25mm Vives 1935 |
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Dinar Balansiya (Valencia) 546H 3.90gr 26mm Vives 1939 |
Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 548H 3.90gr 26mm Vives 1942 |
Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 554H 3.88gr 25mm Vives 1949 |
Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 557H 3.88gr 25mm Vives 1952 |
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Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 558H 3.90gr 25mm Vives 1957 |
Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 563H 3.86gr 25mm Vives 1963 |
1/2 Dinar Mursiya (Murcia) 564H 2.22gr 25mm Vives 1966 |
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Quirat 0.87gr 12mm Vives 1969 |
Quirat 0.91gr 13mm Vives 1969 |
1/2 Quirat 0.47gr 9mm Vives 1970 |
1/8 Quirat 0.12gr 6mm 0.12gr 6mm Numisma 230, pg 81-82. |
1/16 Quirat = habba (grain) 0.0648gr 5mm Numisma 237, pg 300, nº 26, this coin. |
With Hilal as heir. | ||||
Dirham Mursiya (Murcia) 564 H 1.28gr 19mm Gaceta Numismatica 100, pg 43-44, this coin. |
Dirham 1.30gr 20mm |
Quirat 0.61gr 13mm Vives 1972 |
Quirat 0.63gr 13mm Vives 1972 |
Fragment of dirham (base silver) 1.44gr 15mm type Vives 1976 & 1977 |
Ahmad ibn Qasi ’Abd Allah 539-546 / 1144-1151 أحمد بن قسي |
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Quirat Martula (Mertola) 0.93gr 13mm Vives 1916 Gomes 01.02 |
Quirat Martula (Mertola) 0.96gr 13mm Vives 1917 Gomes 01.03 |
Quirat Martula (Mertola) 0.84gr 12mm IV Jarique, pg 206, nº 39, this coin. |
1/2 Quirat Martula (Mertola) 0.32gr 10mm IV Jarique, pg 207, nº 40, this coin. |
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Anonymous but attributable to ibn Qasi. | ||||
Quirat 0.83gr 13mm Vives 2014 , Hazard 1060 Gomes 05.05 |
Quirat ? gr ? mm Vives 2014 , Hazard 1060 Gomes 05.05 |
Quirat 0.90gr 11mm IV Jarique, pg 55 &69, nº1. |
Quirat 0.90gr 11mm Gaceta Numismatica 93, pg 37-38. IV Jarique, pg 69 & 85, nº2. |
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Abu Talib al-Zuhri 540? / 1141? أبو طالب الزهري Ruler of Badja, briefly recognising ibn Qasi. |
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Quirat Badja (Beja) 0.99gr 13mm Manquso, 9 pg 19-21, this coin |
1/2 Quirat Badja (Beja) 0.39gr 9mm Gomes, pg 67, nº 02.01 |
( The sorry condition of this coin does not allow a full reading, but it is apparently of the same die as that shown in Gomes.) | ||
Sidray Ibn Wazir al- Qaysi سدرائي بن وزير 539 - 552 / 1144- 1157 |
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1/2 Quirat Badja (Beja) 0.44gr 9mm Numisma 237, pg 299, nº 23, this coin. |
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Recognising Hamdin of Córdoba. | ||||
1/2 Quirat 0.51gr 10mm Gomes 03.02 |
1/2 Quirat 0.44gr 9mm Gomes 03.03 |
1/2 Quirat 0.4gr 9mm |
Quirat 0.91gr 12mm IV Jarique, pg 206, nº 38 |
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Quirat 0.74gr 10mm 0.66gr 11mm 0.91 gr 11mm 0.81gr 11mm (4x die variants) Vives 1909 Gomes 03.04 |
Quirat 0.74gr 10mm 0.66gr 11mm 0.91 gr 11mm 0.81gr 11mm (4x die variants) Vives 1909 Gomes 03.04 |
Quirat 0.91 gr 11mm Vives 1909 Gomes 03.04 |
Quirat 0.74gr 10mm 0.66gr 11mm 0.91 gr 11mm 0.81gr 11mm (4x die variants) Vives 1909 Gomes 03.04 |
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Quirat Shilb (Silves) 0.89gr 12mm Gomes 03.05 |
1/2 Quirat Shilb (Silves) 0.89gr 12mm |
Half Quirat. Badja( Beja) 0.44 gr 9mm. |
Half Quirat. Badja( Beja) 0.40 gr 10mm. |
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Nominal Abbasid recognition. | ||||
Quirat Shilb (Silves) 0.85gr 12mm Gomes 03.06 |
Quirat Shilb (Silves) 0.84gr 12mm Gomes 03.07 |
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Almohade recognition. (?) | ||||
Quirat 0.85gr 13mm Vives 1911 , Gomes 04.01 |
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Muhammad ibn ’Ali ibn al-Hadjam محمد بن علي بن الحاجم 540- 545 / 1145- 1150 |
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Quirat Batalyus (Badajoz) 0.93gr 11mm Vives 1987 |
Quirat Batalyus (Badajoz) 0.98 gr 10mm Vives 1987 |
Quirat Batalyus (Badajoz) 0.88gr 11mm Vives 1988 |
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The following mint Sharish ( Jerez) , as was long ago suggested by A. Delgado, is probably Jerez de los Caballeros, located south of Badajoz and west of Zafra. See Ibn Malik for a coin of the mint of Zafra which may be a coin of this Muhammad ibn ’Ali. |
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Quirat Sharish (Jerez) 0.88gr 11mm Vives 1988 |
1/2 Quirat Sharish (Jerez) 0.46gr 8mm |
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Abu Fadl ’Iyad 541- 543 / 1146- 1148 أبو الفضل إياض ’Iyad was reconfirmed by the Almohads as Qadi of Sabta in 541, as a strict Sunni Maliki he could not at heart but view the Almohads as heterodox and participated in an unsuccessful revolt against them in 543. These Quirats were probably struck during the short period of feigned allegiance to the Almohads. |
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Quirat Sabta (Ceuta) 0.92gr 11mm Vives 2017 , Hazard 1057 |
Quirat Sabta (Ceuta) mint name on both areas. 0.85gr 13mm IV Jarique, pg 209, nº47, this coin. |
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Pro Almohads. Coinage in Almoravid style struck in the name of ’Abd al-Mu`min |
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Dinar Djayan (Jaén) 541H 3.93gr 27mm R.Lorente, Madrider Mitteilungen 23, 1982, pg 420-439, pl. 69, this coin. This coin was not directly struck by the Almohads as they did not enter Jaen until 443 H. |
Quirat 0.86gr 12mm 0.86gr 11mm 0.89gr 11mm Vives 2043 Hazard 1062 |
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Almoravid style Christian coinage Alfonso VII. 520-552 / 1126-1157 This ruler occupied Baeza from 452 to 551 ( 1147 to 1156) and very rare coins of the dates 545,546 & 548 are known. |
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Dinar Bayasa ’iyar Qashtilya (Baeza, alloy or weight of Castilla) 545H 3.58gr 25mm Vives 1995 * |
Vives ( nº 1992 to 1995) had read the mint on these coins , with doubt, as the triple mint of Bayasa, Djayan, Ishbiliya ( ¿ Baeza, Jaén, Sevilla?). A very improbable strike as in this period the first was Christian held while the other two were in Muslim hands. This interpretation has since confused many and lead to some fanciful historical rationalisations. Long before Vives, the correct reading had been given by A.Delgado in his now century and a half old unpublished work. These coins also explain the reference to albayasí coins in Christian documents. | |||
Alfonso VIII 553-611 / 1158-1214 This ruler struck in Toledo, for more than thirty years, Almoravid type coins with the Catholic credo written in Arabic. These coins affirm the Trinitarian doctrine, the Pope as Imam and Alfonso as amir. In small decorative details they imitate the coins struck in Murcia by Muhammad ibn Sa’d in. The coins are dated by the Safar calendar, a dating which starts 38 years before the Christian era and commemorates the complete submission of the Peninsula to Roman authority. This, incidentally, may indicate that the 6th century innovation, the Christian calendar, had up to then made slow progress in the medieval Christian states of the Iberian peninsula. The documents and contracts of the period were also dated in the Safar calendar. |
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Dinar Madinat Tulaytula (Medina Toledo) 1212 of Safar 3.82gr 25mm Vives 2019 This coin is one of the only two examples known for the starting date of this series. * |
Dinar Madinat Tulaytula (Medina Toledo) 1237of Safar 3.82gr 25mm Vives 2034.  This second type has a shorter legend and the addition of ALF in the IA. * |
Dinar weight 3.70gr 25mm Vives 2042 Though Vives gives this as a fals it is clearly, by weight and the word Žadl in bottom of the IIA, a coin weight of the above type coins. |
Dinar weight 3.50gr 18mm Vives 2042 ex HSA 1700 |
Dinar weight 3.30gr 19mm Vives 2042 ex HSA 1699 |