1214 | Al Andalus coins

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ALMORAVID PERIOD OR LATER. Rectangular amulet. (Pb. 16.40g/68x33mm). Possibly 12th-15th century. Rectangular lead plaque divided into two parts with signs of having been folded as a diptych. The piece retains, on the lower part, two of the three openwork triangular crenellations that it must have had as a suspension element. Obv: No inscription. Rev: Quranic texts in elegant and well-drawn Kufic script, which develop in an epigraphic band that surrounds the piece and, in turn, frames a central field divided into two parts. Central texts: لا إله إلّا ألله محمد / رسول ألله الملك / و الواحد لله. (There is no god but God. Muhammad / is the Messenger of God. The power / and Oneness is from God.) العلم قائما با / لقسط لا إله إلّا هو / العزيز الحكيم. (In the name of God, there is no other god / but Him and the angels and / those endowed with / knowledge proclaim with / truth: There is no other god but Him, / the Mighty, the Wise). Margin: بسم ألله ال رحمم ام توكلت على الحيّ الذّي ـ الحيّ الذّي لا يموت (In the name of God, the Merciful, the Merciful! I live that - the Live that does not die e). (Amulets 365-N11. Type AV, same specimen). Very Fine.