Featured Umayyad Spain and the Beginning of the Decline of Muslim Rule in Iberia

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A very nice write up. To this day the some of the small pueblos of Spain and Portugal that I walked through while on the Camino de Santiago (French Way and then the Portuguese Way) still have names from the Moorish periods. I just started collecting coins from the era as a memento of my journeys.

 

Another nice write-up and yet another area I collect . Don't have too many coins though, but here is a fals that I managed to pick up a while ago:

Umayyads of Spain, Emirate of Córdoba: 'Abd al-Rahman II (822-852) AE Fals, NM, ND (Album-347A; Vives-218; Frochoso I-2; BMC IX, p. 116, 63nn-rr)

Obv: Within triple beaded border, Arabic legend in three lines - لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له (There is no God but Allah alone. There are no others with Him)
Rev: Within triple beaded border, Arabic legend in three lines - محمد رسول الله (Muhammad is the apostle of Allah)

 

Where are some specimens presented on Space4coins.com collection.


Ruler and dates - Abu’l-Walid Hisham II al-Mu‘ayyad billah ibn al-Hakam I
17 Caliph of Umayyad Dynasty (976–1009 AD)
3rd Caliph of Córdoba (1010–1013 AD)
Mint name - Al-Andalus (Qurtubah [Cordoba])
Date – 395AH (AD 1004/5)



Ruler and dates - Abu’l-Mutarrif ‘Abd al-Rahman III al-Nasir li-Din Allah ibn Muhammad, (300-350 H/912-961 AD)
8th Emir of Córdoba (912-961AD)
Mint name - Al-Andalus
Date – 330AH (AD 941)


Ruler and dates - Al-Hakam Ibn Hisham Ibn Abd-ar-Rahman I
3rd Emir of Córdoba (796–822AD)
Mint name - Al-Andalus
Date – 194AH (AD 809)


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Ummm curious, Sallent? ... are these Islamic coins allowed to mingle with your cool OP-coins?

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk), Zangids (al-Mawsil), Saif al-Din Ghazi II, Æ Dirhem
AH 565-576 / AD 1170-1180
Dated AH 567 (AD 1171/2)
Diameter: 30 mm
Weight: 13.21 grams
Obverse: Draped young male bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in foreknot; above, winged figures flanking; AH date to right and left
Reverse: Name and titles of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in five lines and in outer margins
Reference: Whelan Type I, 174-5; S&S Type 60.3; Album 1861.1
Other: 7h … sweet brown patina
From the J.P. Righetti Collection




ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Arghun. AR Dirham
AH 683-690 / AD 1284-1291
Astarabad mint
Diameter: 17 mm
Weight: 2.75 grams
Obverse:
Reverse: Hawk type
Reference: Diler Ar-173; cf. Album 2149.2; ICV
Other: 2h … toned, weakly struck at periphery




Seljuqs of Rum, Kaykhusraw II, Silver Dirham
Konya Mint
1241-1242 A.D. (AH639)
Diameter: 23 mm
Weight: 2.9 grams
Obverse: Sun and Lion
Other: so cool




either way ... thanks for the opportunity to post 'em

 

So cool! I don't have Islamic portrait coins except this one from Tabaristan, which is nowhere near as cool as your awesome Islamic portraits.

 

@stevex6 There you go my friend. There is a saying that goes like this: "Friends don't let friends use unedited pictures of cool ancient coins"

 

Thanks Sallent ... I'll save that baby in my files (I still kinda like the other icy-background as well, but "thanks again" for your coin-kindness)

 

Great historical write up/ beautifull coin photos, thanks for sharing!

I can add this coin....
Taifas Almoravides/ Banu Ganiya de Cordoba
Yahya ibn Ali 1147-48
AV Dinar AH 542 (1147AD) Cordoba Mint