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Fractional Dirham - Munzir ibn al-Muqtadir ibn Hud
| Issuer | Taifa of Dénia |
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| Year | 1083 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a multi-line Arabic inscription in Kufic script disposed within a circular inner border, partially enclosed by a lunette or crescent-shaped decorative frame that divides the field. The inscription references the Abbasid caliph's name and the local ruler's titulature. A broad marginal legend in Kufic script runs continuously around the outer border, separated from the inner field by a dotted or plain linear border. The surfaces show typical die wear and flan irregularity consistent with hammered fractional silver of al-Andalus in the late 11th century. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The Taifa of Dénia was unusual among the petty kingdoms of al-Andalus in that its power was briefly maritime rather than purely territorial — the Hudid rulers had earlier controlled the Balearic Islands and even launched a raid on Sardinia in 1015. By 1083, however, that ambition was long spent. Munzir ibn al-Muqtadir ibn Hud ruled a contracting domain under pressure from the Almoravid advance and Christian kingdoms pushing south, which makes the continued production of fractional silver coinage a quiet indicator of functional, if diminished, administrative machinery.
Vives 1329 is among the later attributable issues of the Hudid line before Dénia's absorption.