1215 | Al Andalus coins

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ALMOHAD PERIOD OR LATER. Coin-shaped amulet-pendant. (Pb. 5.84g/32x38mm). Possibly 13th-15th century. Large, well-crafted circular piece with a small suspension ring at the top. Both the obverse and reverse are divided into two parts by a fine, incised circular fillet. The outer band is bordered by another plain, engraved circular fillet. The obverse has an epigraphic inscription engraved on the outer band in elaborate Kufic script, with the upper letters beveled: هو ألله احد (ألله) الصمد ما يلد (و ما) يولد. (He is the One God, the Eternal God. He neither begot nor was begotten.) and in the central field a six-pointed star formed by the intersection of two equilateral triangles. The reverse is similar, except that the central star is somewhat larger and has in its center a plain circular field with a central dot: الملك لـلله الاحد الصمد- - -د يلد اى. (Power belongs to God, the One, the Eternal.....). (Type BI amulets; piece published in Manquso No. 8, pp. 80-81). Very Fine.