Coins of al-Andalus Tonegawa collection
Almohads

Coins by rulers
Anonymous coins


Coins by rulers.


´Abd al-Mu`min 524-558
/ 1130- 1163
MWD1.jpg (47053 bytes)
1/2 dinar no mint
2.29gr 20mm,
Vives 2047
Hazard 466
MWD2.jpg (124322 bytes)
1/2 dinar Fas
2.29gr 21mm
Vives 2049
Hazard 459

2.29gr 20mm
Vives 2050
Hazard 460

2,29gr 20mm
Vives 2051
Hazard 456 variant

MWD3.jpg (41376 bytes)
1/2 dinar Maknasa
2.28gr 20mm
Vives 2052
Hazard 468
MWD4.jpg (86478 bytes)
1/2 dinar
Sabta ( Ceuta) 2.28gr 20mm
Vives 2054
Hazard 453

2.22gr 19mm
Vives 2055
Hazard 451

MWD5.jpg (47028 bytes)
1/2 dinar Marakesh
2.30gr 20mm
Hazard 462
MWD6.jpg (43688 bytes)
1/2 dinar
Madinat Bidjaya
2.28gr 20mm
Vives 2056
Hazard 448
MWD7.jpg (44354 bytes)
1/2 dinar
Madinat Ishbiliya
(Sevilla)
2.26gr 20mm
Vives 2058
Hazard 470
MWD8.jpg (39999 bytes)
1/2 dinar
Qurtuba (Cordoba)
2.28gr 19mm
Hazard 472.
Auction Leu (Zurich) 21/10/1991, nº 486 - this coin.
MWD9.jpg (26151 bytes)
1/4 dinar no mint
1.14gr 15mm
Vives 2060
Hazard 467
MWD10.jpg (33557 bytes)
Round dirham
no mint
1.46gr 18mm
Vives 2046
Hazard 1066
MWD11.jpg (33597 bytes)
1/2 dirham no mint 0.68gr 12x12mm
0.66gr 11x11mm
Vives 2113
Hazard 1068
MWD12.jpg (19311 bytes)
1/2 dirham
Djayan ( Jaen)
0.65gr 11x11mm.
Vives 2114
Hazard 1071
MWD13.jpg (19680 bytes)
1/2 dirham
Qurtuba (Cordoba)
0.74gr 11x11mm
MWD14.jpg (21286 bytes)
1/2 dirham
Ishbiliya ( Sevilla)
0.74gr 11x11mm
Vives 2116v
(
mint in IA)
Hazard 1070
MWD15.jpg (18724 bytes)
1/2 dirham Fas
0.74gr 11x11mm
Hazard 1065

Muhammad I reigned for 45 days in 558/ 1162
Mwd16.jpg (48966 bytes)
1/2 dinar
Madinat Fas
2.30gr 22mm
Hazard 477
Mwd17.jpg (52920 bytes)
1/2 dinar Bidjaya 2.30gr 22mm
Vives 2072
Hazard 473

Abu Ya´qub Yusuf 558-580 / 1163- 1184
As al-amir al-adjal
Mwd18.jpg (48274 bytes)
1/2 dinar
Nadinat Tlimsan
2.28gr 22mm
Hazard 483
Mwd19.jpg (49965 bytes)
1/2 dinar
Ribat al Fath
2.28gr 21mm
no reference

 

As amir al- mu´minin
Mwd20.jpg (51602 bytes)
1/2 dinar no mint
2.30gr 21mm
Vives 2061
Hazard 495
Mwd21.jpg (55145 bytes)
1/2 dinar
Ishbiliya (Sevilla)
2.30gr 22mm
Vives 2062
Hazard 497
Mwd22.jpg (51558 bytes)
1/2 dinar
Madinat Marrakush
2.24gr. 21mm Hazard 488
Mwd23.jpg (29387 bytes)
1/4 dinar
no mint
1.16gr 16mm
Vives 2065
Hazard 496

Abu Yusuf Ya´qub 580-595
/ 1184-1190
Mwd24.jpg (89237 bytes)
Dinar no mint
4.57gr 28mm
Vives 2066
Hazard 501
Mwd25.jpg (88265 bytes)
Dinar no mint
4.44gr 28mm
Vives 2066
Hazard 501

Muhammad al-Nasir 595-610
/ 1199-1213
Mwd26.jpg (86101 bytes)
Dinar no mint  
4.60gr 29mm   
Vives 2073
Hazard 506

´Abd Allah I  621-624 / 1224-1227
Mwd27.jpg (85306 bytes)
Dinar no mint  
4.52gr 29mm   
Medina (1988),
I Jarique,
pg. 179-180.
this coin & the
only known
specimen for this
ruler.

´Abd al-Wahid II  630-649
/ 1232-1242
Mwd28.jpg (85233 bytes)
Dinar
Madinat  Sabta  4.58gr 30mm
Hazard 515

´Ali  640-646
/ 1242-1248
Mwd29.jpg (93010 bytes)
Dinar no mint
4.58gr 29mm
Vives 2078
Hazard 519
Mwd30.jpg (87464 bytes)
Dinar no mint
4.58 gr 29mm
Hazard 520
Mwd31.jpg (94029 bytes)
Dinar no mint
4.62 gr 30mm
Hazard 521

Abu Hafs ´Umar al-Murtada   646-665
/ 1248-1266
Mwd32.jpg (98312 bytes)
Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
4.62gr 29mm
Vives 2081
Hazard 525
Mwd33.jpg (95383 bytes)
Dinar Sidjilmasa
4.58gr 30mm
Vives 2082
Hazard 528
Mwd34.jpg (49983 bytes)
1/2 Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
2.22gr 21mm
Vives 2084
Hazard 527
Mwd35.jpg (67530 bytes) Dirham al-Hadra al-Mu`miniya al-Murtadiya
1.38gr 16x16 & 1.34gr 16x16
Album,Check list II, nº493a.
(The mint is probably Sidjilmasa as ´Umar al-Murtada was bottled up in this city for most of his reign. The dinars of Ceuta being actually struck by the independent rulers of that city - the Azafies.
See Gaspariño (2001), IV Jarique, pgs. 213.226 for a divergent opinion on the location of this mint name.)

Idris II  665- 668
/ 1266-1269
Mwd36.jpg (93329 bytes)
Dinar no mint  

4.60gr 30mm   
Vives 2086   
Hazard 538
Mwd37.jpg (28483 bytes)
1/4  Dinar no mint  
1.12gr 16mm   
Vives 2087
Hazard 539

 


Anonymous coins

a.jpg (60104 bytes)
Dirham no mint 1.52gr 14x14mm
1.52gr 14x14mm
Vives 2088
Hazard 1101
b.jpg (23241 bytes)
Dirham
Ishbiliya (Sevilla) 1.52gr 13x13mm
Vives 2089
Hazard 1106
c.jpg (32580 bytes)
Dirham
Balansiya(Valencia)
1.32gr 14x14mm
Vives 2090
Hazard 1107
d.jpg (34225 bytes)
Dirham
Djayan ( Jaen)
1.52gr 14x14mm
Vives 2091
Hazard 1108
e.jpg (59109 bytes)
Dirham
Qurtuba (Cordoba)
1.50gr 14x14mm
1.54gr 14x14mm
Vives 2092
Hazard 1112
f.jpg (30011 bytes)
Dirham
Mayurca(Mayurqa)
1.50gr 14x14mm
Vives 2093
Hazard 1116
g.jpg (30403 bytes)
Dirham
Manurca(Menorca)
1.40gr 14x14mm
Vives 2094
Hazard 1114
h.jpg (95666 bytes)
Dirham
Malaqa ( Malaga)
1.54gr 14x14mm
1.52gr 14x14mm
1.56gr 14x14mm

Vives 2095
Hazard 1113
i.jpg (49169 bytes)
Dirham
Mursiya (Murcia)
1.48gr 14x14mm
1.46gr 14x14mm
Vives 2096
Hazard 1115
j.jpg (56729 bytes)
Dirham
Gharnata (Granada)
1.52gr 15x15mm
1.50gr 14x14mm
Vives 2097
Hazard 1111
k.jpg (33581 bytes)
Dirham
Agharnata
(Granada)
1.52gr 14x14mm Vives 2097 variant
l.jpg (31115 bytes)
Dirham
Sharish (Jerez)
1.56gr 14x14mm
Vives 2098
Hazard 2098
m.jpg (31917 bytes)
Dirham
Bidjaya
1. 46 gr 14x13mm
Vives 2100
Hazard 1085
o.jpg (33733 bytes)
Dirham
Tilimsan
1. 56 gr 14x14mm
Vives 2101
Hazard 1087
p.jpg (29676 bytes)
Dirham
Tunis
1. 52 gr 14x14mm
Vives 2103
Hazard 1088
q.jpg (121253 bytes)
Dirham
Ribat al-Fath
1. 46 gr 14x13mm
1.50gr 15x14mm
1.59 gr 15x15mm
1.40 gr 16x15mm

Vives 2104
Hazard 1092
r.jpg (53817 bytes)
Dirham
Sabta (Ceuta)
1.54gr 13x13mm
1.48gr 14x14mm
Vives 2105
Hazard 1093
s.jpg (55328 bytes)
Dirham
Sidjilmasa
1.52gr 14x14mm
1.48gr 14x14mm
Vives 2106
Hazard 1094
t.jpg (57872 bytes)
Dirham
Fas
1.48gr 13x13mm
1.54gr 13x13mm
Vives 2107
Hazard 1095
u.jpg (57108 bytes)
Dirham
Marrakesh
1.50gr 13x13mm
1.48gr 14x14mm
Vives 2109
Hazard 1028
v.jpg (23080 bytes)
Dirham
Miknasa
1.48gr 13x13mm
Vives 2110
Hazard 1099
variant with mint in both areas
w.jpg (28397 bytes)
Dirham
Tilmal or Tinmal (?)
1.46gr 14x14mm
Hazard 1082
x.jpg (27632 bytes)
Dirham
al-Sus
1.52gr 14x14mm
y.jpg (31742 bytes)
Dirham
Shilb ? ( Silves)
1.51gr 14x14
Gaspariño,
as-Sikka/ Summer 2001/ vol 3.1
Sala1.jpg (26843 bytes)
Dirham Sala 
(mint on both areas) 
1.50gr 14x14mm. No reference in Vives or Hazard
Sala 2.jpg (22439 bytes)
Dirham Sala 
(mint on IIA area) 1.50gr 13x13mm. 
No reference in Vives or Hazard
z.jpg (120100 bytes)
Dirhams
with un-read mints
1.50gr 14x 14 mm
[1.38 gr 14x14mm (Imitation?)]
1.50gr 14x14mm.
1.52gr 14x14mm
aa.jpg (31064 bytes)
1/4 Dirhams
no mint
Vives. 2209
0.38gr 9x9mm
0.38gr 9x9mm
Vives attributed these coins to the Emirate of Granada but the mints that follow make this attribution
impossible
ab.jpg (31801 bytes)
1/4 dirhams
Qurtuba (Cordoba)
0.38gr 9x9mm
0.38gr. 9x9mm
ac.jpg (18907 bytes)
1/4 dirham
Fas
0.37gr 9x9mm
ad.jpg (33616 bytes)
1/8 dirhams
Ishbiliya

0.18gr 8x8mm

Fas
0.19gr 8x8mm
see Gaspariño,
as-Sikka/ Summer
2001/ vol 3.1

Marrakesh

Marrakesh

0.18gr 7x7mm
Millares.jpg (70328 bytes)
Millares.
These Christian imitations of the Almohade dirham were struck in Aragon and southern France for use in trade with the Muslim states of north Africa.

Tunis
1.26gr 18x18mm
Sabta

1.22gr 17x 17mm

 

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