Coins of al-Andalus Tonegawa collection
Taifas
HAMMUDIDS
بني حمًود





Al-Qasim ibn Hammud ( al-Ma`mun ), two reigns     القاسم بن حمّود المأمون
408- 412 /1017-1023
413- 414 /1022-1023

Dinars



Andalus
408H
3.50gr 22mm
Prieto 64a

Andalus
411H
3.68gr 23mm
Prieto supplement nş40, this coin.  *

Andalus
413H
3.72gr 21mm
Prieto 68

Andalus
414H
3.82gr 23mm
Prieto 35

Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
411H
4.94gr 24mm
Prieto supplement nş41, this coin.

Dirhams



Andalus
408H
4.22gr 25mm
Prieto 64b

Andalus
408H
2.96gr 24mm
Unpublished distribution for date.

Andalus
409H
3.98gr 24mm
Prieto supplement nş38.

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
3.56gr 25mm
Vives 736,
Prieto 71c
Ceuta 53, pl.V, this coin.

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
4.98gr 26mm
Vives 736,
Prieto 71c
Ceuta 54, pl.V, this coin.

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
3.08gr 26mm
Vives 737,
Prieto 72
Ceuta 56, pl.V, this coin.

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
3.16gr 25mm
Vives 736,
Prieto 71c

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
3.58gr 24mm
Vives 736,
Prieto 71c

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
3.92gr 25mm
Vives 738,
Prieto 74a
Ceuta 60, pl.V, this coin.

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
2.74gr 25mm
Vives 738,
Prieto 74a
Ceuta 59, pl.V, this coin.

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
3.28gr 25mm
Vives 738,
Prieto 74a
Ceuta 61, pl.V, this coin.

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
4.32gr 25mm
Vives 738,
Prieto 74a
Ceuta 62, pl.V, this coin.

Andalus
410H
3.76gr 24mm
Vives 741,
Prieto 70a

Andalus
410H
3.78gr 24mm
Vives 741,
Prieto 70a

Andalus
410H
3.56gr 23mm
Vives 741,
Prieto 70a

Andalus
410H
2.94gr 25mm
Vives 741,
Prieto 70a

Andalus
410H
4.08gr 24mm
Vives 742,
Prieto 69b

Andalus
410H
4.02gr 27mm
Vives 742,
Prieto 69b

Andalus
410H
3.28gr 25mm
Vives 742,
Prieto 69b

Andalus
410H
2.82gr 21mm
Vives 742,
Prieto 69b

Andalus
410H
3.52gr 26mm
Vives 742,
Prieto 69b

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
410H
2.58gr 25mm
Vives 739,
Prieto 74b

Dirham (base silver)
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
410H
3.32gr 24mm
Vives 739,
Prieto 74b
Ceuta 65, pl.VI, this coin.

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
410H
2.94gr 24mm
Vives 744,
Prieto 76
Ceuta 67, pl.VI, this coin.

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
410H.
2.44gr 22mm
Vives 744,
Prieto 76

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
410H
2.68gr 25mm
Vives 745,
Prieto 78a

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
410H
2.40gr 22mm
Vives 745,
Prieto 78a

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
411H
2.88gr 24mm
Ceuta 80, pl. VII, this coin.

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
411H
3.16gr 22mm
Vives 746,
Prieto 78b

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
411H
2.88gr 24mm
Vives 746,
Prieto 78b

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
412H
3.60gr 25mm
Prieto 78d

Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
412H
3.00gr 23mm
Prieto 78d

Madinat Sabta
412H
3.14gr 23mm
no reference for date/distribution


Atypical coinage of al-Qasim.

The following coins and the previous dinar of 414 H are of interest in that they do not name Yahya as successor of al-Qasim. Actually Yahya rebelled against his uncle in the year 412H and these coins must hasve been struck after. The first coin bellow has no name on reverse, while the second simply has Hasan on and the third names as successor one Muhammad. Al Qasim was known to have had two sons, one Hasan and the other Muhammad and must be they who are respectively cited in the previous two coins. There is no evidence in the chronicles that al-Qasim ever recognized Yahya as his successor, so it is more than probable that the coins with such a mention struck in Sabta or al-Andalus were all struck by Yahya who directly controlled Sabta and Malaga ( this last through his brother Idris ). So the coins of 408H. and the coins similar to the ones mentioned above are the only ones that were, probably, struck by al-Qasim himself.

The name Kind or Kund found on the obverse could very well be a Cordoba official as Wasserstain ( 1993) has suggested, though the appearance of Kund and ibn Kund on coins of the same year does not support his speculation (pg 175) that they might be father and son.


Andalus 412H
2.82gr 23mm
no reference for date/distribution

Andalus
412H
3.06gr 22mm
Vives 751,
Prieto 34b

Hasan on II.A.

Andalus
412? or 414H?
3.76gr 24mm
Prieto supplement nş43, this coin.

With Muhammad as successor in II.A.

 

doublearrowlefttop.gif (1491 bytes)
Back to
collection
main page
doublearrowleft.gif (1367 bytes) Back to
Taifas

Back to
Hammudids

Back to
'Ali al-Nasir

Forward to
Yahyà al-Mu'tali