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ALGARVE: Musa b. Muhammad, 1234-1262, AR square dirham (1.46g), NM, ND. AU

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Islamic Coins - Spain & North Africa Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:260.00 - 325.00 USD
ALGARVE: Musa b. Muhammad, 1234-1262, AR square dirham (1.46g), NM, ND. AU
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ALGARVE: Musa b. Muhammad, 1234-1262, AR square dirham (1.46g), NM, ND, A-I410, from the 1990s hoard, and one of the finest examples from that hoard, AU, RR, ex Jim Farr Collection. Always without mint name & undated. Ruler entitled amir al-gharb, "amir of the west", i.e., of the Portuguese district of Algarve ("al-gharb" on the coin). It is now presumed that the actual mint was located at Niebla (Labla in Arabic), near the city of Huelva in Spain, near the border with Portugal.