Square 1/2 Dirham - Malaga

The Nasrid emirate of Granada was the last Muslim polity on the Iberian Peninsula, surviving nearly two and a half centuries after the fall of Córdoba and Seville largely through a combination of geographic advantage — the Sierra Nevada — and the political pragmatism of paying tribute to Castile when necessary. The square flan format used for this fractional issue follows a minting convention inherited from Almohad practice, distinguishing Granada's small silver from the round Christian coinage increasingly dominating the region.

The Malaga mint was one of the emirate's principal striking facilities until the city fell to Ferdinand and Isabella in 1487, five years before the final surrender of Granada itself.