1200 | Al Andalus coins

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CALIPHAL PERIOD OR LATER. Coin-shaped amulet. (Pb. 9.90g/36x33mm). Possibly 10th-15th century. Large circular piece with elaborate calligraphy that undoubtedly had a suspension element at the top, of which remnants remain. Both areas have the same layout, bounded on the outside by two triple linear fillets that leave a narrow plain band between them. Another triple circular fillet divides the interior into two broad zones that support the epigraphic field: The outer zone is a band in which a succession of the word اليمن (luck) appears, repeated six times on the obverse and five on the reverse, in magnificent Kufic calligraphy with the "num"s ending in a swan's neck and the stems of the long letters ending in a bevel. The central field contains four lines of pseudo-Kufic script and a thicker central dot. The upper line is separated from the rest by a thin linear fillet, and the lower line is reversed. (Type B-III Amulets; Piece published in Manquso No. 8, pp. 79-80, same copy). Good Very Fine.