Al-Andalus AH 516 dinar
This specimen was lot 42497 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $2,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "ISLAMIC KINGDOMS. Almoravid. Dinar, AH 516 (1122/3). al-Mariya Mint. 'Ali bin Yusuf, without heir. NGC MS-61. Type without heir. Issued in the modern-day city of Almeria, Spain under the Almoravid dynasty, which at its height occupied much of Morocco and southern Spain. A SCARCE Mint State example of this earlier type of 'Ali b. Yusuf, neatly struck with bold detail to the central characters on either side." This type was struck at twenty mints in Morocco (Tlemcen, Marrakesh, Fez) and Spain (Almeria, Seville, Valencia, Granada, Malaga, Murcia, etc.). The Almoravid empire collapsed under Almohad attacks in 1146 AD.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 3.97 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-641, A-466.1.
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- 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.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.
Link to:
- al-Andalus AH 503 dinar, Valencia mint, 'Ali ibn Yusuf
- al-Andalus AH 517 dinar, Seville mint, 'Ali ibn Yusuf
- Coins and currency dated 1122