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Fractional Dinar - Abd Al-Malik al-Muzaffar
| Issuer | Taifa of Valencia (Al-Andalus and Ceuta) |
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| Year | 1061-1065 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1010-1238) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a multi-line Kufic Arabic religious inscription arranged horizontally across the die, enclosed within a concentric border composed of an inner solid line, a beaded ring, and an outer solid line. A small six-pointed star or pellet ornament appears in the lower portion of the central field, separating the inscription lines. The flan is irregular and slightly clipped at the edges, consistent with hammered gold coinage of the Taifa period. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar ruled Valencia as a client of the powerful 'Abbadid king al-Mu'tamid of Seville, a dependency that shaped the coinage. The fractional dinar format proliferated across the taifa kingdoms precisely because no single ruler commanded the gold reserves or political authority to sustain a full-weight dinar series — striking fractions was the practical accommodation of fragmented Andalusi power after the Umayyad caliphate's collapse in 1031.
Abd al-Malik's reign ended when al-Mu'tamid of Seville absorbed Valencia in 1065, making this a four-year window of issue at most.