Al-Andalus AH 537 dinar

from Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 43198

This specimen was lot 43198 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $7,200. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ISLAMIC KINGDOMS. Almoravid. Dinar, AH 537 (1142/3). Seville (Ishbiliya) Mint. Ali Bin Yusuf. NGC MS-63. A lovely Mint State example, offering a bold strike and glittering luster." Other mints included Tlemecen, Badajoz, Valencia, Algeciras, Granada, Malaga, Murcia, Almeria and others. Ali Bin Yusuf (r. 1106-43) was the fifth caliph of the Almoravids. His attacks on Toledo, Barcelona and Coimbra, tho unsuccessful, represented the maximum extent of Almoravid domination in Spain. Their empire collapsed in 1147 under Almohad attacks.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.64 g, gold, 33 mm diameter, this specimen 4.17 g.

Catalog reference: A-466.3, Cayón-632.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2026 NYINC Showcase Auction, Ancient and World Coins, featuring the Kazmier Wysocki Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
• 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.

Link to:

• al-Andalus AH 491 dinar, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Cordoba mint
• Barcelona (1131-62) dinero, Ramon Berenguer III
• al-Andalus (1145-46) qirat, Ishaq ibn 'Ali, Cordoba mint
• al-Andalus (1163-84) 1/2 dinar, Abu Ya'qub Yusuf
• Castile (1184) morabitino Fr-101, Alfonso VIII
• Coins and currency dated 1142