Dhu'l-Nunids. Sharaf al-Dawla Yahya I. AH 435-467 / AD 1043-1075. AV Fractional Dinar (12.3mm, 0.77 g, 3h). Without mint-name or date. Miles 518; Album 396. Near VF. Rare.
Of Berber ancestry, the Dhu’l-Nunids came to the Iberian Peninsula during the Muslim conquest of Spain. Yahya I was one of three members of the family who came to prominence during the middle years of the 5th/11th century, establishing an independent emirate centred on Toledo.
