1183 | Al Andalus coins

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CALIPHAL PERIOD. Rectangular amulet. (Pb. 7.57g/35x21mm). Possibly 10th century. Rectangular strap clamp. Obverse: A smaller rectangle is inscribed lengthwise, within which four epigraphic cartouches are inserted, separated from each other and from the shorter sides of the rectangle by five plain bands. The long sides of the piece rise towards the back to form the box into which the strap was inserted, secured by a rivet, the hole of which remains in the first of the epigraphic bands, which has almost completely lost its writing. The inscription, despite the loss of the first cartouche, must have read: لا اله ا / لا لله / محمد / رسول الله. (There is no god / but God / Muhammad / is the Messenger of God). Rev: Anepigraph. (Amulets Type A-IV; Piece published in Manquso Nº14, page 169, by Tawfiq Ibrahim and Sebastián Gaspariño). Very Fine.