Coins of al-Andalus Tonegawa collection
Taifas

Minor Taifas
ألمرية
ALMERIA

After the Saqlabis Khairan and Zuhair the rule of Almeria passes in 429H to ´Abd al-´Aziz of Valencia, but soon the defacto ruler becomes his designed governor Ibn Sumadih. The last strikes some fractional coinage in the name of his overlord ( see coins of Valencia) but very soon after, in 433H, as a sign of independece, starts striking anonymous coins without any mention of any overlord.



BANU SUMADIH       د ولة بني الصمادح

Ma´an ibn Sumadih                                                    معن بن صمادح  
433-443 / 1041-1052

Dirhams

Andalus
433H?
2.28gr 22mm
Type Vives 1041 but with date
Andalus
no date
4.50gr 25mm
With two marginal ledgends.
Prieto supplement nº 136
Andalus
no date
4.22gr 23mm
Vives 1041,
Prieto 354
al-Mariya (Almeria)
(4?)6H
1.68gr 20mm
As Vives 1039 but first digit seems to be 6.
(Prieto 140 tentatively attributes this coin, without there being any obvious reason, to "¿Zuhair?". If he were correct then the date would have to read 426H).
al-Mariya (Almeria)
(43)5H
3.74gr 21mm
Prieto 354a


Al-Mu`tasim bi-Allah                         المعتصم أبو يحيى محمد بن معن  
443-484 / 1052-1091

Dirhams

al-Mariya (Almeria)
no date
4.24gr 22mm
Vives 1046,
Prieto 359
al-Mariya (Almeria)
no date
4.18gr 22mm
Vives 1046,
Prieto 359
al-Mariya (Almeria)
(4?4)H
3.90gr 22mm
As Vives 1046,
Prieto 359 but with first digit
al-Mariya (Almeria)
no date
4.70gr 20mm
Vives 1048,
Prieto 361

 

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