Silver & copper.by rulersanonymousCoins of al-Andalus Tonegawa
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ALMORAVIDS
Silver & copper.
by rulers
anonymous
Abu Bakr ibn ´Umar 450- 480 / 1058- 1087 |
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 Qirate 1.04gr 19mm The legends of this unique coin are the same as those of the central areas of Abu Bakr´s dinars. This prototype would not repeat itself in future Almoravid silver. |
 Qirate 0.91gr 11mm Vives 1443 Hazard 888 |
 Qirate 0.96gr 10mm Album, list 55, nº 246 |
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Yusuf ibn Tashfin 480 - 500 / 1087- 1106 without mention of heir 480- 497 / 1087- 1103 |
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 Dirham Miknasa 494H. with title Nasir al-din 0.92gr 12mm |
 Qirate Fas 0.84gr 10mm Vives 1534 Hazard 891 |
 Qirate 0.90gr 14mm 0.91gr 14mm 0.93gr 9 mm Vives 1535 Hazard 894 |
 Qirate 0.71gr 12mm 1.18 gr 14mm Vives 1538 Hazard 893 |
 Qirate 0.65gr 11mm IV Jarique, pg 193, nº1, this coin. |
 Qirate with title al-Musta´in bi-Allah 0.79gr 11mm IV Jarique, pg 194, nº2, this coin. |
 1/4 qirate 0.38gr 8mm IV Jarique, pg 195, nº5. |
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Yusuf ibn Tashfin 480 - 500 / 1087- 1106 with heir ´Ali 497-500 / 1103- 1106 |
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 Dirham Qurtuba (Córdoba) (49)8H 1.14gr 16mm |
 1/2 qirate Qurtuba 0.48gr 10mm IV Jarique, pg 196, nº9, this coin. |
 Dirham Madinat Gharnata (Medina Granada) 0.99gr 14mm |
 Dirham Ishbiliya (Sevilla) 1.24gr 14mm Type Vives 1545, mint not readable in Vives´s coin |
 1/2 qirate-dirham Ishbiliya (Sevilla) 0.42gr 10mm Numisma 237, pg 295, nº7, this coin. |
 Qirate 1.08gr 14mm IV Jarique, pg 195, nº7. |
 1/8 qirate 0.16 gr 7mm 10mm Numisma 237, pg 295, nº8, this coin. |
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´Ali ibn Yusuf 500-537 / 1106- 1143 without mention of heir 500- 522 / 1106- 1128 |
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| These coins are important epigraphic documents as they give us ( in IA ) the earliest dated use of naskhi script in al-Andalus. A then singular use that was not to reappear in coinage until nearly three decades later. |
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 Dirham Qurtuba (Córdoba) 502H. 1.32gr 16mm 1.28gr 14mm 1.06gr 16mm Vives 1667 Hazard 958 |
 Dirham Qurtuba (Córdoba) 505H. 0.89gr 13mm 0.76gr 14mm 0.81gr 13mm Vives 1669 Hazard 959 |
 Dirham Qurtuba (Córdoba) 505H. 0.99gr 13mm Vives 1670 Hazard 960 |
 Qirate Qurtuba (Córdoba) 0.95gr 14mm 0.73gr 15mm Vives 1706 Hazard 965 |
 Qirate Qurtuba (Córdoba) 1.04gr 14mm Numisma 237, pg 296, nº10, this coin. |
 Qirate Qurtuba (Córdoba) 0.90gr 15mm |
 1/2 qirate Qurtuba (Córdoba) 0.36gr 10mm Numisma 232, pg 297, nº16, this coin |
 1/5 qirate Qurtuba (Córdoba) 0.19gr 7mm 0.17gr 6mm Numisma 232, pg 297, nº17, second this coin. |
 Qirate Malqa ( Málaga) 0.85gr 12mm Numisma 237, pg 295, nº9, this coin. |
 Qirate Miknasa 0.73gr 12mm Vives 1707 Hazard 906 |
 Qirate Ishbiliya (Sevilla) 1.06gr 15mm Numisma 237, pg 295, n11, this coin |
 Qirate Ishbiliya (Sevilla) 1.12gr 16mm Vives 1675 Hazard 941 |
 Qirate Ishbiliya (Sevilla) 1.10gr 15mm Vives 1676 Hazard 942 |
 Qirate Ishbiliya (Sevilla) 0.86gr 15mm Vives 1677 Hazard 943 |
 Qirate Ishbiliya (Sevilla) 0.96gr 14mm Vives 1678 Hazard 940 |
 1/2 qirate Ishbiliya (Sevilla) 0.52gr 10mm Vives 1675 Hazard 941 but as 1/4 qirate. |
 Qirate al-Djazira (Algeciras) 507H. 0.87gr 11mm IV Jarique, pg 197, nº 10, this coin. |
 Qirate 1.02 gr 13mm Vives 1686 Hazard 915 |
 1/2 qirate 0.48 gr 10mm Vives 1690 Hazard 934 |
 1/4 qirate 0.35 gr 9mm Vives 1691 |
 1/8 qirate 0.10 gr 6mm Vives 1692 Hazard 938 |
 1/8 qirate 0.16gr 8mm / 0.21gr 7mm / 0.17gr 8mm Vives 1693 Hazard 937 |
 Qirate 0.97gr 10mm Vives 1695 Hazard 918 |
 Qirate 0.95gr 12mm Vives 1696 Hazard 922 |
 Qirate 0.99gr 16mm Vives 1700 Hazard 924 |
 Qirate 0.95gr 11mm Vives 1701 Hazard 927 |
 Qirate 0.98gr 14mm Vives 1702 Hazard 923 |
 Qirate 1.02gr 13mm Vives 1703 Hazard 926 |
 Qirate 0.89gr 11mm Vives 1704 Hazard 925 |
 1/2 qirate 0.33gr 9mm 0.77gr 10mm 0.95gr 11mm Vives 1705 Hazard 935. Vives only registers a half, the last two coins are within the weight of full a qirate, as, arbitrarily, defined by Vives (pg.LXXI of his introduction). |
 Qirate 1.02gr 14mm |
 1/2 qirate 0.40gr 7mm |
 1/2 qirate 0.59gr 10mm Numisma 237, pg 296, nº 12, this coin. |
 1/2 qirate 0.47gr 9mm 0.50gr 8mm Delgado Láminas, pg 106, 35d. |
 Qirate 0.88gr 11mm with title al-Musta´in- Numisma 237, pg 296, nº 13, this coin. |
 Qirate 0.76gr 14mm with title al-Musta´in- Numisma 237, pg 297, nº 14, this coin. |
 Qirate 0.92gr 13mm Numisma 232, pg 297, nº15, this coin. |
 Qirate 0.90gr 11mm |
 Copper dirham Madinat Gharnata (Medina Gránada) 2.30gr 23mm Vives 1843 Hazard 956 |
 copper dirham Saraqusta (Zaragoza) 504H 4.58gr 26mm, Vives 1833, Hazard 984 |
 Base silver dirham Madinat {Gharna}ta ( Medina Gránada) 2.94gr 23mm Vives 1843 Hazard 956 variant |
 Base silver 0.63gr 10mm |
 Electron coin 1.16 gr Vives 1845 Hazard 939 |
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´Ali ibn Yusuf with heir Sir 522.533 / 1128-1139 |
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 Habba or 1/16 qirate*. 0.0506gr 5mm Numisma 233, pg 56, nº67, this coin. |
This tiny coin/ weight with both the name ´Ali and Sir can obviously be dated between 522 and 533. See two other habbas in the anonymous coins of this dynasty and one in the silver of Muhammad ibn Sa´d in the Almoravid
Taifas. These few weights are about all the material metrological evidence we have for habbas of the Almoravid period. * Vives´s numismatic qirate, the actual coin, was arbitrarily defined by him at a theoretical weight of 1gr and it is his definition we use numismaticaly. Nevertheless in classical Islamic metrology the qirate is equal to three habbas ( closer to the 1/8 qirate of Vives). |
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 Qirate Tandja 0.96gr 10mm Vives 1765 Hazard 974 |
 Qirate 0.94gr 11mm Vives 1768 Hazard 976 |
 1/2 qirate 0.47gr 9mm 0.47gr 8mm 0.49gr 9mm Vives 1770 Hazard 998 |
 Qirate 0.97gr 12mm 0.95gr 12mm Vives 1774 Hazard 983 |
 Qirate 0.97gr 10mm Vives 1775 Hazard 982 |
 Qirate Sabta (Ceuta) 0.92gr 11mm Vives 1778 Hazard 973 |
 Qirate 0.92gr 13mm Delgado Láminas, pg 105, nº 35a, this coin. |
 Qirate 0.96gr 11mm |
 Qirate 0.91gr 12mm |
 1/4 qirate 0.24gr 7mm Delgado Láminas, pg 106, nº 35e, this coin. |
 1/4 & 1/8 qirate 0.34gr 7mm 0.09gr 7mm IV Jarique, pg 203, nº 28 & nº29, these coins. |
 Copper fractional dirham with traces of silver coating on IIA. 1.20gr |
 Qirate Nul Lamta, 0.92gr 12mm. No reference |
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´Ali ibn yusuf with heir Tashfin 533-537 / 1139- 1143 - |
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 Qirate Bani Tawdah 0.79gr 11mm Numisma 237, pg. 298, nº 18, this coin |
 Qirate Sabta ( Ceuta) 0.97 11mm Delgado Láminas, pg 105, nº 33, this coin. |
 Qirate 0.77gr 13mm Vives 1812 Hazard 996 |
 1/2 qirate 0.43gr 9mm Vives 1815 Hazard 1009 |
 1/2 qirate 0.45gr 8mm Vives 1817 Hazard 1012 |
 1/4 qirate 0.22gr 7mm Vives 1818 Hazard 1014 |
 Qirate 0.96gr 12mm 0.95gr 12mm Vives 1820 Hazard 997 |
 Qirate 1.00gr 12mm 0.98gr 11mm Vives 1822 Hazard 1601 |
 Qirate 0.99gr 11mm 0.95gr 11mm 0.94gr 11mm Vives 1824 Hazard 999 |
 Qirate 0.98gr 11mm Vives 1825 Hazard 998 |
 Qirate 0.97gr 11mm Vives 1826 Hazard 1002 |
 Qirate 0.96gr 11mm 0.83gr 11mm Vives 1827 Hazard 1004 |
 Qirate 0.96gr 11mm Numisma 237, pg 298, nº 19, this coin. |
 Qirate 0.91gr 12mm Delgado Láminas, pg 106, nº 35c, this coin. |
 Qirate 0.98gr 11mm Delgado Láminas, pg 106, nº 35b this coin. |
 1/2 qirate 0.47gr 9mm 0.46gr 9mm IV Jarique, pg 204, nº3, 2nd variant. |
 Base silver fractional dirhams 1.50gr 10mm 1.22gr 9mm |
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Tasffin ibn ´Ali 537-540 / 1143- 1145 without heir 537- 539 / 1143- 1145 |
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 Qirate 0.78gr 10mm Vives 1871 Hazard 1019 |
 1/2 qirate 0.49gr 8mm Vives 1877 Hazard 1025 |
 Qirate 0.91gr 9mm Vives 1881 Hazard 1021 |
 Qirate 0.98gr 11mm 0.95gr 11mm Vives 1882 Hazard 1023 |
 1/2 qirate 0.46gr 9mm |
 Qirate 0.68gr 12mm IV Jarique, pg 205, nº35, this coin. |
 Qirate 0.94gr 11mm Delgado Láminas, pg 106, nº35f, this coin. |
 Qirate 0.76gr 11mm |
 Base silver fractional dirhams 1.30gr 10mm 1.04gr 9mm Delgado Láminas, pg 106, nº35g, first this coin, second variant. |
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with heir Ibrahim 539-540 / 1144- 1145 |
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 Qirate 0.97gr 11mm 0.97gr 11mm Vives 1885 Hazard 1035 |
 1/2 qirate 0.46gr 8mm 0.45gr 8mm Vives 1886 Hazard 1037 |
 Qirate 0.88gr 9mm. |
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Iskhaq ibn ´Ali 540-541 / 1145-1147 |
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 Qirate Qurtuba (Córdoba) 0.97gr 11mm Vives 1894 Hazard 1052 |
 Qirate 0.95gr 12mm 0.96gr 11mm 0.97gr 12mm 0.92gr 11mm Vives 1895 Hazard 1039 |
 Qirate 0.95gr 12mm 0.91gr 11mm Vives 1896 Hazard 1041 |
 Qirate 0.72gr 10mm Vives 1897 Hazard 1042 |
 1/2 qirate 0.53gr 9mm 0.48gr 9mm Vives 1898 Hazard 1049 |
 Qirate 0.95gr 11mm 0.92gr 10mm Vives 1900 Hazard 1044 |
 1/2 qirate 0.52gr 9mm 0.51gr 9mm Vives 1902 Hazard 1047 |
 Qirate 0.85gr 11mm IV Jarique, pg 206, nº37, this coin. |
 1/2 qirate 0.44gr 8mm. |
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Almoravids Anonymous Silver |
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 1/8 dirham (1/4 qirate) hadha thumn al-dirham / min sikkat Qurtuba ("this is 1/8 of a dirham / from the mint of Córdoba") 0.23gr 7mm |
 Habba coin/weight 0.0525gr 5mm 0.055gr 5mm first - Numisma 233, pg 56, nº67. |
 1/16 Qirate Qurtuba (Córdoba) 0.07gr 6mm Vives 2012. |
 1/2 qirate 0.48gr 9mm Vives 2010 |
 1/2 qirate 0.43gr 9mm |
 1/2 qirate 0.44gr 9mm |
 1/2 qirate 0.49gr 10mm Numisma 237, pg299, nº21, this coin. |
 Base silver qirate nominal Abbasid recognition 0.78gr 11mm |
 Base silver qirate nominal Abbasid recognition 0.84gr 11mm |
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