Niebla (1233-62) dirham
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This specimen was lot 46185 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $512.40. The catalog description[1] noted, "ISLAMIC KINGDOMS. Almohad. Taifa of Algarve. Dirham, ND (AH 631-60 [1233-62]). Niebla Mint. Musa bin Mahfuz. NGC MS-61." The taifa of Niebla was a small, shortlived kingdom on Spain's Atlantic coast between Cadiz and the Portuguese Algarve. It had two rulers before it was conquered by Alfonso X of Castile. The auctioneers attributed this coin to the taifa of Algarve, which was conquered by the taifa of Seville in 1051 and never recovered its independence.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: A-I410 (RR), Cayón-unlisted.
- Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.
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