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Dirham - al-Mu'tadid 'Abbad ibn Muhammad Abbadid dynasty - 1023-1095 AD
| Issuer | Abbadid Dynasty of Seville |
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| Year | 1042-1069 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Arabic religious and titular inscription arranged in horizontal bands within a plain inner border. The legends are executed in the Kufic script characteristic of Andalusian taifa coinage of the 11th century. A circular marginal legend runs around the outer border, separated from the central inscription by a linear frame. The flan is irregular and slightly broader than the die, with characteristic hammered surface texture and some patination. The overall design follows the Umayyad-derived format standard for Abbadid dirham coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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The Abbadid rulers of Seville occupied a peculiar position among the taifa kingdoms that fragmented al-Andalus after the Umayyad caliphate's collapse in 1031: they continued striking dirhams in the caliphal style, invoking Umayyad legitimizing formulae long after the caliphate itself had ceased to exist. Al-Mu'tadid — who consolidated Abbadid power through a notorious campaign of eliminating rival taifa rulers, reportedly keeping the severed heads of enemies in his garden — ruled a kingdom that was wealthy enough to maintain silver coinage when many contemporaries had already debased to billon.