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1 Dinar - Abu Mohammad Abd al Wahid II
| Uitgever | Almohad Caliphate |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1232-1242 |
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| Waarde | Dinar (1) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Hammered gold dinar struck in the characteristic Almohad square-within-circle format. The central field features a square cartouche containing five lines of Kufic Arabic legend arranged horizontally, comprising the shahada, the name of the Prophet, a reference to the Mahdi as imam of the umma, and the regnal name of the caliph Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid. The area between the inner square and the outer circular border is filled with additional Quranic or benedictory inscriptions in cursive Arabic script, running along all four sides. The entire design is framed by a beaded outer border, typical of Almohad minting practice. The flan is slightly irregular and shows characteristic hammered surface texture. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Arabic |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Abd al-Wahid II came to power through Almohad court intrigue after the death of al-Ma'mun, himself a caliph who had made the extraordinary concession of renouncing the Almohad doctrine of divine impeccability of Ibn Tumart — the movement's founding ideology. By Abd al-Wahid's reign, the caliphate was hemorrhaging territory to the Hafsids in Ifriqiya and the Marinids pressing from the north. He was assassinated in 1242 after a reign defined more by political survival than governance.
Almohad gold dinars of this period were struck to the same high-purity standard that had made them the dominant trade currency across the medieval Mediterranean, accepted as far as the Italian merchant republics under the name "dobla."