as-Sikka السكة
The Online Journal of The Islamic Coins Group 
as-Sikka is a peer reviewed publication
ISSN 1496-4414 
2002AD / 1422-23AH        Vol. 4

 

Additions to the Murabitid silver catalogue
 Miguel Vega and Salvador Peņa

The corpus of medieval Western Islamic coins is, of course, a work in progress. The possibility of finding unrecorded pieces is always open. This is particularly true for Murabitid (or Almoravid) silver coins. Murabitid Emirs, especially 'Ali ibn Yusuf (AH 500-537/AD 1106-1143), issued an unusual variety of small to tiny qirats and fractions of qirats bearing different decorations and inscriptions. The coins we present here are unrecorded as far as we know.

1. Qirat; struck by Yusuf ibn Tashfin and his heir 'Ali ibn Yusuf (AH 496-500/AD 1103-1106); mintless, undated; diameter: 10,06 mm., weight: 0,62 grs. Obverse : Al-Amir Yusuf / ibn Tashfin wa-al-a/mir 'Ali ('Emir Yusuf / ibn Tashfin and E/mir 'Ali'); reverse: La ilah illa Allah / Muhammad Rasul Allah ('There is no god but God / Muhammad is the Messenger of God').

2. Half qirat; struck by 'Ali ibn Yusuf (AH 500-537/AD 1106-1143); mintless, undated; diameter: 9,5 mm., weight: 0,35 grs. Obverse: Wali / Allah / 'Ali ('The Friend / of God / [is] 'Ali'); reverse: anepigraphic.

3. Eighth qirat; anonymous ; mintless, undated; diameter: 7,2 mm., weight: 0,085 grs. Obverse: Li-[A]llah / Wali ('God has / a Friend [?]'); reverse: Li-[A]llah / Wali ('God has / a Friend [?]').

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