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Dirham - al-Mahdi Muhammad I
| Issuer | Taifa of Málaga (Hammudid dynasty) |
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| Year | 1047-1055 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing multiple horizontal lines of Arabic Kufic inscription arranged in three or four registers, contained within a plain inner border. The legends occupy the entirety of the flan, following the Umayyad-derived epigraphic dirham tradition, with no figural imagery. A marginal circular legend in Arabic script runs along the periphery within a beaded or dotted outer border. The coin shows characteristic irregular flan shape and surface patination consistent with hammered billon production of the Taifa period. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displaying multiple horizontal registers of Arabic Kufic inscriptions, following the classic Abbasid-derived epigraphic format adopted by Andalusian Taifa rulers. The text is arranged within a plain inner circle, surrounded by a marginal legend in Kufic script running around the full circumference within a beaded border. The overall design closely follows the established Islamic epigraphic coinage tradition, with no decorative or figural motifs. Green patina and surface corrosion are visible across the flan, typical of surviving billon issues from al-Andalus in the mid-eleventh century. |
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| Mint | Málaga (Mâlaqa) |
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