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SPAIN Umayyads Cordoba AV dinar Abd al Rahman III 321AH NGC MS63 overstrike ex Ponterio

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SPAIN Umayyads Cordoba AV dinar Abd al Rahman III 321AH NGC MS63 overstrike ex Ponterio
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SPAIN (Al-Andalus), Umayyads, Caliphate of Córdoba, AV dinar, Abd al Rahman III al Nasir, 321 AH (933 AD) إحدى وعشرين وثلثمئة, mint of al Andalus الأندلس, struck over a previous issue (Wilkes-668), NGC MS 63, ex-Kyle Ponterio. Album-348; Vives-376; Miles-200a; Wilkes-557. 4.14 grams. Rich gold color, boldly struck, with under-coin details partially visible, tied with one other for second finest for the type in NGC census behind a single MS 64.

In IA, Kalima in four lines, naming Muhammad in the final line, Qur’an IX:33 in the marginal legend; in IIA, “The victorious Imam, Abd al Rahman, Commander of the Faithful” in four lines, mint and date in circular legend.

In 929 AD Abd al Rahman III, until then emir of Córdoba, proclaimed himself caliph, concentrating in his person both civil and religious authority. With the establishment of the Caliphate of Córdoba Islamic power in the western Mediterranean reached its greatest expansion, controlling most of the Iberian Peninsula and extending its influence into parts of North Africa.

From a monetary perspective an important change appears in the epigraphy: the explicit naming of the issuing authority, the caliph. His name is placed in the reverse field (IIA) together with his official titulature or laqab. In this case the inscription reads: “The victorious Imam (al Nasir) through the religion of God (li din Allah), Abd al Rahman, Commander of the Faithful.”

Note: The overstrike (Wilkes 557) over (Wilkes 664) indicates that this dinar was struck on a previously minted coin. This was a practical minting practice used to reuse existing gold flans of correct weight and fineness without melting them. It allowed the mint to quickly place new coin types into circulation while preserving the established gold standard. Overstrikes also appear during periods of political or typological change, when new inscriptions or titles needed to replace earlier issues. In this case it reflects normal mint economy and the continued reuse of earlier dinars within the caliphal monetary system. NGC #8437667-003. Pedigreed to the Kyle Ponterio Collection, and to Jesús Vico Auction 149, November 2017, lot 581.
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