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Fractional Dinar - 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Mansur Amirid dynasty
| Issuer | Valencia, Taifa of |
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| Year | 1021-1061 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1010-1238) |
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| Obverse description | Irregular hammered gold flan bearing multiple horizontal lines of Arabic Kufic script arranged in three or four registers across the central field, enclosed within a single linear border. The legends, struck with characteristic Taifa-period die work, are moderately well-centred but show typical flan irregularity and slight weakness at the edges. The inscription references religious formulae and the ruling authority of the Amirid dynasty of Valencia. The overall strike is bold, with the angular Kufic letterforms clearly impressed into the soft gold surface. |
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| Reverse description | Irregular hammered gold flan displaying multiple horizontal registers of Arabic Kufic script covering the central field within a single linear border, consistent with Taifa-period fractional dinar typology. The legends invoke standard Islamic religious phrases along with references to the reigning amir 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Mansur. The strike exhibits the characteristic irregularity of hand-hammered coinage, with some peripheral weakness and slight flan cracking. The Kufic letterforms are angular and compact, typical of the Valencian mint's output during the mid-eleventh century. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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