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Dirham - al-Hakam II Madinat al-Zahra
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba |
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| Year | 962-975 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | 350 (962) - خمسين وثلثمئة - 351 (962) - احدى وخمسين وثلثمئة - 352 (963) - اثنتين وخمسين وثلثمئة - 353 (964) - ثلث وخمسين وثلثمئة - 354 (965) - اربع وخمسين وثلثمئة - 355 (966) - خمس وخمسين وثلثمئة - 356 (967) - ست وخمسين وثلثمئة - 357 (968) - سبع وخمسين وثلثمئة - 358 (969) - ثمان وخمسين وثلثمئة - 359 (970) - تسع وخمسين وثلثمئة - 360 (971) - ستين وثلثمئة - 361 (972) - ستين وثلثمئة - 362 (973) - اثنتين وستين وثلثمئة - 363 (974) - ثلث وستين وثلثمئة - 364 (975) - اربع وستين وثلثمئة - |
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Al-Hakam II inherited a caliphate at its administrative and intellectual peak, and his dirhams from Madinat al-Zahra reflect exactly that stability — the mint operated with exceptional consistency throughout his reign, producing some of the most technically refined silver of the entire Córdoban series. The palace-city of Madinat al-Zahra had been the designated mint since his father Abd al-Rahman III established it there, a deliberate act of political geography binding coin production to the heart of Umayyad power.
The Vives range 447–458 spans multiple die combinations across the reign, and attribution to specific years within that window requires careful reading of the mint formula variants catalogued under the Album 352 subdivisions.