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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 8213504, member: 96898"]It's Monday here! Below is my first medieval acquisition for quite a while. At the moment, I'm on a tight coin budget due to major non-numismatic expenses (renovating a mid-19th century building), but this coin didn't cost much and spoke to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am fascinated by the history of medieval Spain. This dirham comes from the time of the Almohad Caliphate. The Giralda and Alcázar of Seville were build during this period, and the philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rushd) served as a judge and physician at the Almohad court in Seville:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441513[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Almohad Caliphate in Spain and Northern Africa, anonymous, AR square dirham, c. 1163–1269 AD (558–668 AH), without mint name. Obv: “No God except Allah / It's all for God / No power except God”. Rev: “God is our Lord / Mohammed is our messenger / The Mahdi is before us”. 14mm, 1.40g. Ref: Album 496.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 8213504, member: 96898"]It's Monday here! Below is my first medieval acquisition for quite a while. At the moment, I'm on a tight coin budget due to major non-numismatic expenses (renovating a mid-19th century building), but this coin didn't cost much and spoke to me. I am fascinated by the history of medieval Spain. This dirham comes from the time of the Almohad Caliphate. The Giralda and Alcázar of Seville were build during this period, and the philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rushd) served as a judge and physician at the Almohad court in Seville: [ATTACH=full]1441513[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Almohad Caliphate in Spain and Northern Africa, anonymous, AR square dirham, c. 1163–1269 AD (558–668 AH), without mint name. Obv: “No God except Allah / It's all for God / No power except God”. Rev: “God is our Lord / Mohammed is our messenger / The Mahdi is before us”. 14mm, 1.40g. Ref: Album 496.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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