Dirham - al-Mu'tadid 'Abbad ibn Muhammad Abbadid dynasty - 1023-1095 AD

Features

Issuer Taifa of Seville (Al-Andalus and Ceuta)
Emir Al-Mutadid Abbad ibn Muhammad (أبو عمرو عبّاد بن محمّد بن عبّاد المعتضد بألله) (1042-1069)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1042-1069
Value AR Dirham (0.7)
Currency Dinar (1023-1091)
Composition Silver
Weight 2.34 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
83967

Obverse

Abbad ibn Muhammad, AL-MUTADID

Script: Arabic

Lettering: Arabic: المعتمد بن عباد

Translation: Adopted by Ibn Abbad

Reverse

Script: Arabic

Comments

Abbad ibn Muhammad, AL-MUTADID was the last ruler of the Taifa of Seville (1069–1091) and a member of the Abbasid dynasty. The coin weight varies between 2.34 and 2.50 g

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mu%27tamid_ibn_Abbad

The Taifa of Seville started as a small, weakly defended territory comprising parts of current Spanish provinces of Seville, Huelva and Cadiz, but quickly emerged as the most powerful taifa kingdom of the time, after its rulers began pursuing a policy of expansion. After several military campaigns, the kingdom achieved dominance over all of Western Andalusia and Murcia, gradually absorbing the taifas of Badajoz, Algeciras, Granada and Málaga, Mértola (1044), Huelva (1051), Algarve (1051), Niebla (1053) Algeciras (1055), Silves (1063), Ronda (1065), Morón (1066), Carmona (1067), Arcos (1069) and even Córdoba itself (1070, lost in 1075 to Toledo but regained in 1077). The kingdom reached its largest territorial extent in 1078 with the capture of Murcia in 1078.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1042-1069)  Al-Andalus

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