Dr. Busso Peus Nachf.
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Posthumous coinage in the name of al-Mansûr 'Abd-allâh ibn Hamza, 583-614 H./1187-1217 AD Mansûrî dirham 62(7?) H., Muda'. Lowick cf. 1983 no. 1 for type. 1.69 g.; Extremely rare Extremely fine
Smith, Ayyubids p. 185 locates this mint Muda' or Mida' five miles Northwest of Thulâ'. The final digit of the date is as clear as all the rest of the legends but the intentions of the die engraver remain slightly doubtful.
Posthumous coinage in the name of al-Mansûr 'Abd-allâh ibn Hamza, 583-614 H./1187-1217 AD Mansûrî dirham 62(7?) H., Muda'. Lowick cf. 1983 no. 1 for type. 1.69 g.; Extremely rare Extremely fine
Smith, Ayyubids p. 185 locates this mint Muda' or Mida' five miles Northwest of Thulâ'. The final digit of the date is as clear as all the rest of the legends but the intentions of the die engraver remain slightly doubtful.