Didier Attaix Posted May 22 · Member Share Posted May 22 (edited) Hi everybody, When cleaning my garage I found these two silver square arabic coins. After some research on the internet I guess they are both square dirham silver almohade. Each coin is 1.4 x 1.4 cm and has a weight of about 1.5 g. I do not believe they have some value, but I am a full crap in this area. May be they are not correctly oriented, sorry about that. Any expert opinion will be appreciated. Best, Didier Coin 1 Coin 2 Edited May 22 by Didier Attaix images not shown 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted May 22 · Supporter Share Posted May 22 (edited) Compare to this one: 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. Here is the relevant section from Album's Checklist: Edited May 22 by Ursus 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted May 22 · Member Share Posted May 22 (edited) Nailed with another mallet, @Ursus! More anecdotally (than not), there are also imitations from contemporary Castile-Leon. (An echo of the Frankish imitations of Ayyubid dirhams, probably Acre, c. 2nd-quarter to mid-13th c. CE.) MEC vol. 6 ("Iberian Peninsula") is less than adequate for any of the al-Andalusian issues. ...The interpretive chapter, barely ten pages, is titled "The Muslim Element". Coverage of the Almohads is especially minimal, although they at least acknowledge the general type. Good news: you're missing Nothing there! Edited May 22 by JeandAcre 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kali Posted May 22 · Member Share Posted May 22 ISLAMIC, IFRIQIYA, HAFSIDS, AH 700/ 1300 A.D. Square AR Dirham O: Arabic legend in Nashki script لا اله الا الله الامر كله لله لا قوة الا بالله (There is no Lord except Allah; The command is all up to Allah; There is no power except through Allah) R: Arabic legend in Nashki script الله ربنا محمد رسولنا المهدي امامنا (Allah is our Lord; Muhammad is our Messenger; al-Mahdi is our Imam) 1.33g 15x14mm Hohertz 74; Album 514 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didier Attaix Posted May 23 · Member Author Share Posted May 23 Hi Ursus, JeandAcre and Kali, Many thanks for your replies, All the best, Didier 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didier Attaix Posted May 23 · Member Author Share Posted May 23 Hi again Ursus, JeandAcre and Kali, I guess my second coin, almost erased has no value. What's about the first one? Is it a rare one? (see attached pictures). Thanks in advance for your replies. Best, Didier 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted May 24 · Member Share Posted May 24 Hi Didier, I'm never the one to ask what anything is (or should be) worth. But with all that gorgeous calligraphy, the least you can say about this last one is that it's aged gracefully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didier Attaix Posted May 25 · Member Author Share Posted May 25 Hi JeandAcre, Many thanks, Didier 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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