Al-Andalus (1145-46) qirat

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Steve Album Auction 54, lot 1778

This specimen was lot 1778 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "ALMORAVID: Ishaq b. 'Ali, 1145-1146, AR qirat, Qurtuba (Córdoba), ND, elegant naskhi script, with mint name Qurtuba, VF-XF, RR." Ishaq ibn 'Ali was the last amir of the Almoravids and spent most of his brief reign fleeing Almohad attacks. He was killed in the fall of Marrakesh. Even so, he had time to have gold dinars struck in Marrakesh, Seville, Granada and Cordoba and this silver qirat.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 0.96 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-664, A-475A, H-1052.

Sources:

  • Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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