ISLAMIC STATES,ALMOHAD CALIPHATE 1 SQUARE DIRHAM (1121-1269 CE)ARABIC SCRIPT,LEGEND IN THREE LINES IN DOUBLE-BORDER,Lettering:لا إله إلا الله الأمر كله لله لا قوة إلا بالله ,Translation:No God except Allah,It's all for God,No power except God,Reverse,Lettering:الله ربنا محمد رسولنا المهدي امامنا,Translation:God is our Lord,Mohammed is our messenger,The Mahdi is before us,Obverse: Arabic script w/mint names, family titles,Reverse:Arabic script w/dates and declaration of faith WEIGHT:g SIZE:SQUARE METAL:SILVER ------------- The Almohad Caliphate was a Berber dynasty that seized power in North Africa and Spain from the Almoravid dynasty.By 1147 CE the Almohads were in control of both the Maghreb (North Africa) and Al-Andalus (Spain),with their large Christian and Jewish subject populations.Unlike their predecessors,they rejected the mainstream Islamic doctrine of dhimmi (protected) status,for these groups as ‘people of the book’ and either forced conversion to Islam or killed those who refused to do so.They ultimately lost their lands in Spain to the pace of the Christian Reconquista and the Maghrib to the Marinids.
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(# 8, Prieto# 19b) · 4.31 grams / 25 mm. RARE AL-ANDALUS • ISLAMIC SPAIN.
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The Almohad Caliphate or Almohad Empire was a North African Berber Muslim empire founded in the 12th century. This is a rare coin from the Almohad Caliphate, in the denomination of one Dirham. The coin is composed of silver.
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RARE AL-ANDALUS • ISLAMIC SPAIN • silver dirham INDEPENDENT EMIRATE, Umayyads of Spain ☆Abd al-Rahman II, Emir of Cordoba (عبدالرحمن ثانی) ☆ 227 A.H. · (Vives# 181, Miles# 119b) · 2.33 grams.
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RARE AL-ANDALUS • ISLAMIC SPAIN silver DIRHAM UMAYYAD CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA ☆ Caliph Hisham II (ابو الولید ھشام المؤيد بالله) ☆ 3rd Caliph of Córdoba - 396 A.H. · (Vives# 588, Frochoso# 396.46) · 2.94 grams Shipping worldwide for only US $10.00 THE EXEMPLAR IN THE SCAN IS THE ACTUAL COIN FOR SALE, SO PLEASE STUDY THE ITEM CAREFULLY AND GRADE FOR YOURSELF
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The Almohad Caliphate or Almohad Empire was a North African Berber Muslim empire founded in the 12th century. This is a rare coin from the Almohad Caliphate, in the denomination of one Dirham. The coin is composed of silver.
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The Almohad Caliphate or Almohad Empire was a North African Berber Muslim empire founded in the 12th century. This is a rare coin from the Almohad Caliphate, in the denomination of one Dirham. The coin is composed of silver.
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RARE AL-ANDALUS • ISLAMIC SPAIN silver DIRHAM UMAYYAD CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA ☆ Caliph Hisham II (ابو الولید ھشام المؤيد بالله) ☆ 3rd Caliph of Córdoba, Medina Fez (Madinat Fas مدينة فاس ) - 391 A.H. · (Vives# 627) · 2.60 grams Shipping worldwide for only US $10.00 THE EXEMPLAR IN THE SCAN IS THE ACTUAL COIN FOR SALE, SO PLEASE STUDY THE ITEM CAREFULLY AND GRADE FOR YOURSELF
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The Almohad Caliphate or Almohad Empire was a North African Berber Muslim empire founded in the 12th century. This is a rare coin from the Almohad Caliphate, in the denomination of one Dirham. The coin is composed of silver.
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Mint: Madinat al-Zahra (near Córdoba, Islamic Spain). The coin was struck at the famous palace-city of Madinat al-Zahra in AH 352 (AD 963-964), during the height of Islamic Spain’s political, cultural, and economic power.
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