990 | Al Andalus coins

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CALIPHATE OF CÓRDOBA. 'Abd al-Rahman III. Dinar. (Au. 3.93g/19mm). 340H. Madinat al-Zahra / مدينة الزهرا. (Vives 420; Frochoso 340.3). Quoting Muhammad / محمد in IA. Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Although there is an initial series of coins bearing the name Muhammad, dated between 332 and 334 AH, and identified with Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hudayr—mentioned in the list of mint masters in Ibn Hayyan's Muqtabis V—this particular coin belongs to a second series that began in 336 AH, after the mint was moved from Córdoba (al-Andalus) to Madinat al-Zahra. This second series continued until 343 AH, and, interestingly, the inscription on it does not match the official in charge of the mint mentioned in the aforementioned chronicle, Abd al-Rahamam ibn Yahya ibn Idri.