The Earliest Available Issue from the al-Andalus (Qurtubah [Cordoba]) Mint
412, Lot: 753. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid II ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 101-105 / AD 720-724. AR Dirham (27mm, 2.88 g, 6h). al-Andalus (Qurtubah [Cordoba]) mint. Dated AH 104 (AD 722/3). Cf. Gomez,
Hispano 16 (for type); Klat 117; Album 135; ICV 240; Morton & Eden 63, lot 15. Good VF, toned.
While not the first issue from this mint (Klat cites one example in a private collection; the second is the Morton & Eden coin), this is the earliest readily available date from al-Andalus.