MASKUKAT auction #137

TAIFAS OF THE CALIPHATE, TOLEDO (Banu Du-l-Nun). Yahya II al-Qadir (476-478H). Dirham. (Ve. 3.99g/23mm). 468H. Tulaytula (Toledo) / طليطلة. (Vives 1116; Prieto 343a; French 188-94). Perfectly legible date. Very Fine-.
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TAIFAS OF THE CALIPHATE, TOLEDO AND VALENCIA (Banu Du-l-Nun). Yahya II al-Qadir. Dirham. (Ve. 3.66g/21mm). 469H. Madīnat Balansīya (Valencia) / مدينة بلنسية? (Vives 1122; Prieto 343f; Francés Vañó 2017 (Las acuñaciones andalusíes), pp. 128-131). Similar in the design of the central areas to Vives types 1119 and 1120, it contains neither a mint mark nor a date, repeating the "prophetic mission of Muḥammad" on the rim of both areas. VF+. Vanos. Very rare. We only have records of two other similar examples. The attribution of the date and the mint is more than argued by the researcher David Francés in his book De la legitimidad, las sucesiones y su reflejo en las acuñaciones andalusíes, pp. 128-133, where he attributes the commission of this coinage to the governor Abū Bakr Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, under very specific circumstances, described in the chronicles of the time.
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TAIFAS OF THE CALIPHATE, VALENCIA (Banu Du-l-nun). Yahya al-Ma'mun (457-457 AH). Fraction of a Dinar / handus. (EI. 0.93g/12mm). S/D. (Vives 1108; Prieto 342d; Francés 121-122). VF.
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TAIFAS OF THE CALIPHATE, VALENCIA ('Amiries). Abd Al-Malik, al Muzaffar. Fraction of a dinar. (El. 1.23g/13mm). 452-457H. (Vives 1078; Francés 104-107). VF. Scarce.
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TAIFAS OF THE CALIPHATE, DENIA ('Āmiries and Hūdies). Sulayman Sayyid-al-Dawla. Fraction of a dirham / handus. (Ar. 2.77g/16mm). 483H. Dāniya (Denia) / دانية. (Vives 1293; Prieto 300). Date and mint not visible. Citing سليمن (Sulayman) in IIA. VF+. Beautiful and extremely rare example.
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TAIFAS OF THE CALIPHATE, MALLORCA (Slavs). Abd Allah al-Murtada. Fractional dirham / handus. (Ar. 1.52g/15mm). 468-486H. Madinat Mayūrka (Mallorca) / مدينة ميورقة. (Vives Type 1353-1360). Data not visible. VF-/VF-. Very rare, even more so in this unpublished module pending inclusion in "Numismàtica árabe dels països catalans", David Francés Vañó.
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TAIFAS OF THE CALIPHATE, ALMERÍA ('Amiries of Valencia). Abd al-Aziz, al-Mansur (419-429 AH). Fraction of a Dinar. (Au. 0.61g/11mm). Undated. (Vives 1035; Prieto 174a). Reverse rim partially visible. Citing Muhammad / al-Mansur in IA and al-Nasir in IIIA. Very Fine. Rare.
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TAIFAS OF THE CALIPHATE, ALMERÍA ('Amiries of Valencia), attributed to Abd al-Aziz, al-Mansur (419-429 AH). Fraction of a Dinar. (Au. 0.80g/11mm). Undated. (Prieto 181a; Francés (NMPC) 287). Obverse: محمد رسول اللّٰه / لا له الا اللّٰه (No god but God / Muhammad is the messenger of God). Reverse: امير المومنين / الامام هشام (the Imam Hisam / Amir al-Muminin). Borders partially visible. VF. Extremely rare, this is the only copy we have been able to locate auctioned in recent years.

Former Ibercoin, Online Auction 70 (07/14/2022), lot number 617.
Ex Aureo & Calicó, Auction 265 (05/02/2015), Lot No. 2590.
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Taifa of Toledo, Alfonso VI (1073-1109). Fraction of a Dirham. (Ar. 1.18g/14mm). 478H (1085). Tulaytula (Toledo) / طليطلة. (Vives 1131). Mint mark partially visible and date not visible. VF-. Extremely rare example; we have records of two auctioned examples, both complete and minted in 479H, one belonging to the Trastámara collection and the other to the Tonegawa collection. With this date, 478H, we have records of the existence of three examples, all complete, two of them in private hands and the other in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum.
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ALMORAVIDS, Abu Bakr ben `Umar (450-480H). Get rid of yourself. (Ar. 0.90g/11mm). S/D. (Vives 1443; Hazard 888; Benito A1). Anv: 'Sahada' in four lines. Rev: الامير (the Emir) / ابوبكر (Abu Bakr) / بن عمر (son of 'Umar). Very Fine.
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ALMORAVIDS. Ibrahim ben Abu Bakr Ben 'Umar (c. 460-470 AH). Quirate. (Ar. 0.88g/13mm). Undated. (Vives does not cite; Hazard does not cite; Benito AB1). Obverse: 'Sahada' in four lines. Reverse: الامير (the Emir) / ابرا هيم بن (Ibrahim son of) / ابي بكـر (Abu Bark). Very Fine. Dark patina. Extremely rare.

Although he was the son of Abu Bakr, little is known about this figure from the sources. Numismatic literature records a series of dinars minted by him in Segilmesa between the years 462-467 AH, while this is the only type of qirat known from this ruler and was published by Benito de los Mozos (Gaspariño 2017, 83-86) and presents the same characteristics as those issued in his father's name.
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ALMORAVIDES. Yusuf ibn Tashufin (480-500H). 1/4 Dinar. (Au. 1.15g/15mm). Siŷilmāsa (Sejilmesa) / سجلماسة. (Hazard 91; Album 464A). Anv: 'Sahada' in three lines, below ceca: سجلماسة. Rev: الامير (the Emir) / يوسف ابن (Yusuf son of) / قا شفين (Tashfin). Very Fine-. Crack. Queer.
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ALMORAVIDS, Yusuf ibn Tashufin (480-500). 1/8 Dinar. (Au. 0.59g/12mm). Undated. (Medina 130var; Album 464C). Obv: 'Sahada' in four lines. Rev: الامير (the Emir) / يوسف ابن (Yusuf son of) / قا شفين (Tashfin). VF. Vanos. Very rare; we only have records of two other examples of this variant without a mint mark, belonging to this series of issues from Miknasa (Meknes) / مكـناسة. The first was auctioned by Stephen Album Rare Coins, Auction 48 (January 18, 2024), Lot No. 203, and sold for €689 plus their commission. The second was auctioned by Áureo & Calicó, Auction 467 (May 28, 2026), Lot No. 188, and sold for €850 plus their commission.
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ALMORAVIDS. Anonymous, attributed to Yusuf ibn Tashufin (480-500 AH). 1/8 Dinar. (Au. 0.57g/12mm). Undated. (Album 464B). Obverse: الله/ اله الا / لا (Not/god but/God). Reverse: الله / رسول / محمد (Muhammad/is the messenger of/God). VF+. Extremely rare.

The only two similar pieces we have been able to locate at auctions were sold by Stephen Album Rare Coins, who points out that the similarity of these pieces to the 1/4 Dinar, Album 464A type, allows us to consider the possibility that they also correspond to a Sijilmasa issue.
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ALMORAVIDES, Yusuf ben Tashfin (480-500H). Dirham/Quirate. (Ar. 0.90g/12mm). (4)94H. Miknasa (Meknes) / مكـناسة. (Benito Ba1). Good Very Fine/Extremely Fine-. Extremely rare.

This piece, halfway between the new Almoravid metrology and the traditional design of other periods, presents Yusuf with the title of Nasir al-Din on the reverse border and without mention of an heir, while on the obverse, we can highlight the perfection of the tiny date, fully expressing the unit and tens: سنة اربع و تسعين. An unusual peculiarity seen in only two of the scant 6 known pieces.
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ALMORAVIDES, Yusuf ben Tashfin (480-500 AH). Quirate. (Ar. 0.94g/10mm). S/D. (Vives 1538; Hazard 893; Benito Ba5). Decorative variant with "Yim": ح flanked by a triple dot, above and below the legends of both areas. VF. Rare and attractive example.
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ALMORAVIDES, Yusuf ben Tashfin (480-500H). Get rid of yourself. (Ar. 0.86g/11mm). S/D. (Vives 1535; Benito Ba12). Anv: 'Sahada' in four lines. Rev: الامير (the Emir) / يوسف بن (Yusuf son of) / قا شفين (Tashfin). Good Very Fine.
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ALMORAVIDES, Yusuf ben Tashfin (480-500H). Get rid of yourself. (Ar. 0.50g/12mm). S/D. (Vives 1536; Benito Ba13). Anv: 'Sahada' in three lines. Rev: الامير (the Emir) / يوسف بن (Yusuf son of) / قا شفين (Tashfin). Very Fine. A rare and beautiful specimen with an unusual decorative variant.
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ALMORAVIDES, Yusuf ben Tashfin (480-500H). Get rid of yourself. (Ar. 0.74g/12mm). S/D. (Vives does not cite; Hazard does not cite; Eustache 83a; Benito Ba14). Anv: 'Sahada' in three lines. Rev: الامير (the emir)/ يوسف (Yusuf)/ ابن قا (son of Ta)/ شفين (sufin), in square with central star. Very Fine. Obverse slightly displaced. Very rare.
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ALMORAVIDES, Yusuf ben Tashfin (480-500H.). Get rid of yourself. (Ar. 0.71g/11mm). S/D. (Vives does not cite; Hazard does not cite; Benito Ba15). Anv: 'Sahada' in four lines. Rev: شفين (sufin)/ ابن قا (son of Ta)/ يوسف (Yusuf)/ الامير (the Emir), in square with central star. Good Very Fine. Very rare specimen.
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ALMORAVIDES, Yusuf ben Tashfin (480-500H). Get rid of yourself. (Ar. 0.84g/11mm). S/D. (Vives does not cite; Martínez 2; Eustache 84; Benito Ba16). Anv: 'Sahada' in four lines. Rev: Presents Yusuf with the title of al-Musta'in bi-Allah above divided into two lines: المستعين / بالله. Very Fine. Strange.

This type of Yusuf, along with some variants of Ali's Qirate, are the only types from the entire Almoravid period that contain the title al-Musta'in bi-Allah ("the one who asks for God's help").
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ALMORAVIDES, Yusuf ben Tashfin (480-500H). 1/4 Quirate. (Ar. 0.22g/10mm). S/D. (Vives 1539; Benito Ba18). Anv: الامير (the Emir) / يوسف (Yusuf) Rev: Anepigraph. Very Fine-. Slight knock on the edge. Beautiful and very rare decorative variant.
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ALMORAVIDES, Yusuf ibn Tashfin (480-500H). 1/2 Quirate. (Ar. 0.42g/11mm). S/D. (Vives 1539; Benito Ba18, like 1/2 Quirate). Anv: In two lines: يوسف / الامير (the Emir/Yufuf). Rev: Anepigraph. Very Fine. Strange.
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ALMORAVIDES, Yusuf ben Tashfin (480-500H). 1/8 Quirate. (Ar. 0.09g/7mm). S/D. (Vives 1535; Benito Ba12). Anv: الامير (the Emir) / يوسف (Yusuf) Rev: Anepigraph. Very Fine-. Very rare.
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ALMORAVIDS, Muhammad ben Yahya (after 450 AH/1058 CE). Qirath. (Ar. 0.57/9 mm). Undated. (Benito de los Mozos (Manquso19-2024) No. 1). Obverse: 'Sahada' in four lines. Reverse: الله الفاتح (God favors)/ ... لمحمد (To Muhammad ….)/ الناصح (The Counselor). VF. Scratch on obverse. Extremely rare, possibly restruck on a Qirath of Ali Cb2-Cb24, of which part of the first line of the obverse is visible, with its distinctive لا (''lam-alif'').
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ALMORAVIDS, Muhammad ben Yahya (after 450H/1058 AD). Get rid of yourself. (Ar. 0.93/11mm). S/D. (Album 462N; Benito de los Mozos (Manquso19-2024) nº1). Anv: 'Sahada' in four lines. Rev: الله الفاتح (God favors)/ لمحمد بن يحيا (To Muhammad son of Yahya)/ الناصح (The counselor). Very Fine. Dark patina. Very rare.
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ALMORAVIDES, Ali ben Yusuf (500-537H). Dinar. (Au. 4.17g/27mm). 511H. Aġmāt / اغمات. (Vives 1563; Hazard 163). Good Very Fine. Slight knock on the edge.
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ALMORAVIDES, Ali ben Yusuf (500-537H.). Quirate of the Handus type. (Ar. 0.83g/14mm). S/D. (Vives does not cite; Hazard does not cite; Martínes Calderón nº19 (IV Jarique, 2000); French 333-334). Anv: 'Sahada' in three lines, above "Bismila". Rev: بسم الله (Bismi Allah) / امير المسلين (Amir al-Muslimin)/ و ناصرالدين (wa Nasir al-Din)/ علي ابن توسف (Ali ibn Yusf). Very Fine. Very rare. Includes a label with annotations and period drawings by the collector.
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ALMORAVIDS, Ali Ibn Yusuf (500-537 AH). Qirate. (Ar. 0.74g/10mm). S/D. (Vives 1695; Hazard 918; Benito Cb25). Obv: 'Sahada' in four lines. Rev: Presents Ali with titles of Amir al-Muslimin. Below, an isolated س ("sim") ornament. VF.
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ALMORAVIDS, Ali ben Yusuf (500-537 AH). Quirate. (Ar. 1.06g/14mm). S/D. (Vives 1703; Peligro 926; Benito Cb41). Obv: 'Sahada' in a semicircle and two lines. Rev: Ali is depicted with the title of Amir al-Muslimin and without an heir, above in two lines: ال له / ايــد. (God help). VF+ Slight porosity. Scarce.

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ALMORAVIDS, Ali ibn Yusuf as Amir Al-Muslimin. Qirate. (Ar. 0.95g/12mm). (Vives does not cite; Hazard does not cite; Benito Cb58). Obv: "Sahada" in three lines. Rev: علي (Ali)/ امير المسلمين (amir al-Muslimín)/ بن توسف (Ali son of Yusuf). VF+. Beautiful and rare example with knot decoration on the reverse.
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ALMORAVIDES, Ali ben Yusuf (500-537H). 1/2 Quirate. (Ar. 0.45g/9mm). S/D. (Benito Cb60). Anv: علي/ امير المسلين (Amir al-Muslimin / Ali). Rev: Anepigraph. Very Fine. Very rare. Decorative variant different from that presented by the few known examples of the same type.
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ALMORAVIDS, Ali Ibn Yusuf (500-537 AH). Qirate. (Ar. 0.94g/12mm). S/D. Miknasa (Meknes) / مكـناسة. (Vives 1707, Benito-Cc5). Obv: 'Sahada' in four lines. Rev: Presents Ali with the titles of Amir al-Muslimin and Nasir al-Din, below in a semicircle mint mark. VF-/VF. Rare, even more so with this unusually good centering.
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ALMORAVIDS, Ali ben Yusuf (500-537). Love yourself. (Ar.0.89g/11mm). S/D. (Vives 1708; Hazard 928; Benito Cc9). ​​Obv: 'Sahada' in four lines. Rev: Presents Ali with the titles of Amir al-Muslimin and Nasir al-Din. VF+. Interesting and rare decorative variant with vegetal ornamentation.
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ALMORAVIDS, 'Ali ben Yusuf (500-537H). Get rid of yourself. (Ar. 0.91/11mm). (Vives does not cite; Eustache does not cite; Benito Cc20). Anv: عليه/ محمد صلى الله / لا اله الا الله (There is no god, but God/Muhammad, the peace of God/upon him). Rev: امير المسلين (Amir al-Muslimin) / و ناصرالدين (and Nasir al-Din) / علي (Ali). Extremely Fine. Very rare specimen.
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ALMORAVIDS, Ali ibn Yusuf (500-537 AH). Qirate. (Ar. 0.92g/13mm). Undated. (Benito Cc21). Obv: 'Sahada' in two lines, under the title al-Qādir bi-Allāh / القادربالله. At the top: القم؟. Rev: Presents Ali with the titles Amir al-Muslimin and Nasir al-Din. VF+. Interesting and rare example.
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ALMORAVIDES, Ali ben Yusuf (500-537H). 1/2 Quirate. (Ar. 0.43g/10mm). S/D. (Vives 1690; Benito Ca23). Anv: الأمير علي (the Emir Ali)/سير (Sir) . Rev: Anepigraph. Flower with four petals surrounded by 4 points. Very Fine. Very rare.

We only have records of two more examples of this type, both auctioned by Aureo & Calicó, in their auctions 257 (05/02/2014) and 467 (28/05/2026), lots No. 764 and No. 191, awarded at €220 and €240 respectively, plus their corresponding commission.
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ALMORAVIDES, Ali ben Yusuf (500-537H). 1/2 Quirate. (Ar. 0.46g/11mm). S/D. Anv: 'Shahadah' in three lines. Rev: توكاناه (We trust)/ على ?رسول¿ اللّٰه (in the messenger? of God)/ الأمير علي (the Emir Ali). Very Fine. Unpublished.
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ALMORAVIDES, Ali ben Yusuf (500-537H). Get rid of yourself. (Ar. 0.97g/11mm). S/D. Anv: 'Sahada' in three lines. Rev: عزه / ادام الله / امير المسلمين / علي. Very Fine. Unpublished.
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ALMORAVIDS, 'Ali ben Yusuf (500-537H). Get rid of yourself. (Ar. 0.96/13mm). Banī Tāwdā / بني تاودة. Anv: 'Sahada' in two lines, below: بني تاودة. Rev: بسم الله امير (In the name of God Amir)/ المسلين علي (al-Muslimin Ali)/ بن توسف (son of Yusuf). Very Fine. Scratch on obverse. Unpublished.

The extremely rare Banī Tāwdā mint was located north of Miknasa (Meknes). From this mint, we know of only a Dinar from the year 512 AH (Hazard 168) and the Ch1 qirats, also minted by Ali but quoting Emir Tahsfin, of which only three examples are known. The example in question, besides not being recorded, would be closer to the period of minting the Dinar, given the lack of an heir in its legend. Furthermore, curiously, and like the gold coin, it bears a final "alif" in the mint mark, while the Ch1 qirats bear "Ta' marbuta".
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ALMORAVIDS, Ali ibn Yusuf (500-537H). Dinar. (Au. 3.94g/25mm). 517H. Iġarnāṭa (Granada) / اغرناطة. (Vives 1617; Hazard 248). Very Fine.
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ALMORAVIDES, Ali ibn Yusuf (500-537H). Dinar. (Au. 3.91g/25mm). 518H. Išbīliya (Seville) / اشبيلية. (Vives 1660; Hazard 216). Good Very Fine.
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ALMORAVIDS, Ali ibn Yusuf (500-537 AH). Dinar. (Au. 4.00g/25mm). 519 AH. Iġarnāṭa (Granada) / اغرناطة. (Vives 1618; Hazard 252). VF+. Interesting example restruck on another example. Slight scratches visible mainly in the central areas.
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ALMORAVIDS, Ali ibn Yusuf (500-537 AH). Dinar. (Au. 4.00g/26mm). 521 AH. Iġarnāṭa (Granada) / اغرناطة. (Vives 1622; Hazard 255; Medina 121). With the indication قديم / وزن (ancient weight) between the central and marginal legends on the reverse. VF+. Rare and beautiful example.

This curious metrological indication, which we could rather interpret as a clarification, appears exclusively on the dinars of the Granada mint minted between the years 520 and 522 AH.
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ALMORAVIDES, Ali ibn Yusuf (500-537H). Dinar. (Au. 3.94g/25mm). 521H. Išbīliya (Seville) / اشبيلية. (Vives 1665; Hazard 220). Good Very Fine.
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ALMORAVIDES, Ali ibn Yusuf and the emir Sir (522-533H). Dinar. (Au. 4.12g/25mm). 522H. Išbīliya (Seville) / اشبيلية. (Vives 1754; Hazard 339). Quoting Bashir/باشر? in IIA. Extremely Fine-. Rare and attractive specimen.
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ALMORAVIDES, Ali ibn Yusuf and the emir Sir (522-533H). Dinar. (Au. 4.16g/26mm). 523H. al-Mariya (Almería) / المرية. (Vives 1742; Hazard 342). Good Very Fine.
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ALMORAVIDS, Ali ibn Yusuf and the emir Sir (522-533 AH). Dinar. (Au. 4.15g/26mm). 529 AH. al-Mariya (Almería) / المرية. (Vives 1749; Hazard 356). VF. Rare date variant with "year" expressed in the form عام instead of سنة and the numeral تسعة (9) in the feminine.
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ALMORAVIDS, Ali ben Yusuf and the Emir Sir (522-533 AH). Quirate. (Ar. 0.97g/10mm). S/D. (Vives does not cite; Martínez 26; Benito Ce13). Obv: 'Sahada' in three lines. Rev: Presents Ali with titles of Amir al-Muslimin, above: ايد الله, below mention of the heir: الامير سير. Very Fine. Scarce.
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ALMORAVIDS, Ali ibn Yusuf and the Emir Sir (522-533 AH). Qirate. (Ar. 0.88g/11mm). S/D. (Vives 1774; Benito Cf2). Obv: 'Sahada' in three lines, below mention of the heir: الامير سير. Rev: Presents Ali with titles of Amir al-Muslimin and Nasir al-Din. Below, an isolated ornament in the shape of س ("sim"). VF+.
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