Spanish Muluk at-Tawa'if. Abbadids of Seville, Muhammad ibn 'Abbad, al-Mu'tamid (AH 461-484 / AD 1068-1091) AV Dinar. Madinat Qurtuba, AH [4]68 = AD 1075. Citing al-Hajib before the kalima and 'Adid al-dawla below, in four lines across field; "In the name of God was struck this dinar in Madinat Qurtuba the year 8 and 60 and [400]" around / "Al-Mutamid 'Ala Allah the Imam Abd Allah commander of the faithful al-Mu'id bi-Nasr Allah" in four lines across field; Qur'an IX, 33 around. Unpublished in the standard references with this date, for the type cf. Album 403. 4.78g, 26mm, 7h. Near Extremely Fine. Contact mark to both obv. and rev. Unpublished. Extremely Rare. Prieto reports only one unique example of the type from this mint, dated AH 469.
Spanish Muluk at-Tawa'if. Abbadids of Seville, Muhammad ibn 'Abbad, al-Mu'tamid (AH 461-484 / AD 1068-1091) AV Dinar. Madinat Qurtuba, AH [4]68 = AD 1075. Citing al-Hajib before the kalima and 'Adid al-dawla below, in four lines across field; "In the name of God was struck this dinar in Madinat Qurtuba the year 8 and 60 and [400]" around / "Al-Mutamid 'Ala Allah the Imam Abd Allah commander of the faithful al-Mu'id bi-Nasr Allah" in four lines across field; Qur'an IX, 33 around. Unpublished in the standard references with this date, for the type cf. Album 403. 4.78g, 26mm, 7h. Near Extremely Fine. Contact mark to both obv. and rev. Unpublished. Extremely Rare. Prieto reports only one unique example of the type from this mint, dated AH 469.
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