ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Almoravids (al-Murabitun)

ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Almoravids (al-Murabitun). 'Ali ibn Yusuf, AH 500-537 / AD 1107-1142. Dinar (Gold, 24 mm, 4.06 g, 12 h), Sijilmasa (Segilmesa), AH 513 = 1119/20. Within a circle, 'lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-amīr ʿAlī ibn / Yūsuf' ('There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Amir Ali son of Yusuf' in Arabic); in the margin, 'wa man yabtagh ghayr al-ʾIslām dīnan falan yuqbala minhu wa huwa fī al-ʾākhirati min al-khāsirīn' ('And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he will be among the losers' in Arabic; Qurʾān 3: 85). Rev. Within a circle, 'al-imām / ʿabd / Allāh / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('The Imam, the Servant of Allah, the Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); in the margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Sijilmāsa sana thalātha ʿashar wa khamsa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Sijilmasa in the year 513' in Arabic). Album 466.1. Areas of weakness and with light doubling on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.