Abd al-Rahman III

´Abd al-Rahman III 300-350/912-961 عبد الرحمن بن محمّد الناصر لدين ألله
Dinars
Andalus 317H 3.98gr 19mm Vives 349	Sikkat al-Andalus 317H 3.93gr 21mm III Jarique, pg 314. nº 1, this coin Frochoso, pg 22.	1/8 (no mint) 318H 0.45gr 10mm IV Jarique, pg 36, nº1, this coin.	1/3 ( no mint) 319H 1.01gr 13mm Vives 361 (Frochoso, pg 25, this coin).	1/8 ( no mint) 320H 0.50gr 8.5mm III Jarique, pg 315, nº 2, this coin.	( no mint) 321H 4.02gr 20mm Vives 376
Andalus 321H 4.08gr 20mm Miles 200(a)	Andalus 322H 3.75gr 19mm III Jarique, pg 315, nº3, this coin = Frochoso, pg 31.	1/3 (no mint) 322H 1.18gr 13mm Vives 379 (Frochoso, pg 31, this coin)	Andalus 324H 4.00gr 19mm III Jarique, pg 316, nº 4, this coin.	Andalus 330H 3.88gr 20mm Miles 217 (a)	1/4 Andalus 330H 1.06gr 14mm IV Jarique, pg 36, nº2, this coin.
Andalus 331H 3.90gr 19mm Vives 393 *	Andalus 332H 3.98gr 18mm Vives 394	1/4 Andalus 332H 0.87gr 12mm Vives 395	Andalus 332H (with Muhammad in IA) 3.74gr 19mm III Jarique, pg 316, nº5, this coin.	Andalus 333H 3.86gr 18mm Vives 399	Andalus 334H 4.18gr 21mm Vives 401 May be of the same die as the unique one in Vives. This coin would seem to imitate the presentation dinars of other contemporary Islamic dynasties.
Andalus 334H 4.26gr 19mm Vives 401 variant	Andalus 334H 4.10gr 23mm IV Jarique, pg 37, nº 3, this coin. The double legend in the margin of the IA is a unique case in the dinars of al- Andalus.	Andalus 334H (with Hisham in IA) 3.78gr 24mm Vives 406	Andalus 335H 3.90gr 23mm Miles 224(a)	Madinat al-Zahra` 336H 3.44gr 19mm III Jarique, pg 317, nº7, this coin. Of similar distribution as Vives 414 but with " fi " before the " sanata". Could be a similar coin, but not clear in Vives´s plates.	Madinat al-Zahra` 337H 3.32gr 21mm III Jarique, pg 318, nº8, this coin. *
Madinat al-Zahra` 340H 3.82gr 19mm Vives 420	Madinat al-Zahra` 341H 4.40gr 20mm III Jarique, pg 318, nº 9, this coin.	Madinat al-Zahra` 342H 4.20gr 19mm Vives 423	Madinat al-Zahra` 343H 3.96gr 21mm Miles 234(a) variant	Madinat al-Zahra` 348H 3.98gr 21mm Vives 442	Period False of this ruler. Fractional dinar, copper with taces guilding. Similar to Vives 379.
Dirhams
After a hiatus of nearly forty years the Cordoba mint was re-established during the reign of ´Abd al-Rahman III on the 13th of Ramadan, 316H. The coins of the first year are extremely rare, probably no more than three such coins are known.( A coin attributed to this date by Miles, his 186a, is an obvious error - see the article in al-Sikka 2001, vol 3.1, " A century old numismatic myth"). The correct techniques of striking coins must have been partially lost during this four decade closure as can be evidenced by the many uneven strikes in the coinage of the first four years.
Andalus 316H 3.20gr 27mm Vives 347	Andalus 317H 2.50gr 27mm Vives 348	Andalus 317H 2.30gr 26mm Vives 348	Andalus 317H 2.60gr 29mm Vives 348	Andalus 317H 2.22gr 28mm Vives 348	Andalus 317H 2.54gr 29mm Vives 348
Andalus 318H 2.76gr 27mm Vives 354	Andalus 318H 2.26gr 27mm Vives 354	Andalus 318H 2.16gr 28mm Vives 354	Andalus 318H 2.94gr 27mm Vives 354	Andalus 318H(?) 3.20gr 27mm Vives 354 (?) Date doubtful, at two o'clock on the margin of IIA there could be the last letter of the first digit. Of note in this coin is the six point star that is at the bottom of the IIA.	Andalus 318H 2.52gr 27mm Vives 354 This variant seems to have a fi before the sanata.
Sikkat al-Andalus 318H 2.02gr 28mm Vives 356	Andalus 319H 2.70gr 26mm Delgado plates, pg 100, nº8, this coin.	Andalus 319H 2.50gr 26mm Vives 360	Andalus 319H 3.38gr 27mm Vives 360	Andalus 320H 2.18gr 28mm Vives 364	Andalus 320H 2.38gr 27mm Vives 365
Andalus 320H 3.06gr 30mm Vives 366	Andalus 320H 2.90gr 28mm Vives 366	Andalus 320H 2.88gr 28mm Vives 371	Andalus 320H 1.9gr 25mm Vives 371	Dirham Andalus 320H 2.89gr 327mm Vives 372 There is a fi before the sanata which Vives was unable to see on his coin.	Dirham Andalus 320H 3.20gr 27mm Vives 373	Andalus 320H 3.90gr 29mm Frochoso, 320.23d, pg 28, this coin.
Andalus 321H 2.04gr 25mm Frochoso, 321.30d, pg 28, this coin	Andalus 321H 2.04gr 25mm Die variant of previous coin.	Andalus 321H 2.24gr 25mm Vives 378	Andalus 321H 2.24gr 25mm Vives 378	Andalus 321H 2.34gr 25mm Vives 378	Andalus 321H 2.42gr 26mm Vives 378
Andalus 322H 2.74gr 25mm Vives 383	Andalus 322H 2.54gr 25mm Vives 383	Andalus 323H 2.74gr 25mm Vives 384	Andalus 323H 2.96gr 26mm Vives 384	Andalus 324H 2.68gr 25mm Vives 385	Andalus 324H 3.24gr 24mm Vives 385
Andalus 325H 3.26gr 24mm Vives 386	Andalus 325H 2.68gr 24mm Vives 386	Andalus 325H 3.20gr 24mm Vives 386	Andalus 326H 3.26gr 25mm Vives 387	Andalus 326H 2.64gr 24mm Vives 387	Andalus 326H 2.52gr 22mm Vives 387
Andalus 327H 3.92gr 24mm Vives 388	Andalus 327H 3.04gr 26mm Vives 388	Andalus 328H 3.94gr 26mm Vives 389	Andalus 328H 3.62gr 25mm Vives 389	Copper (Andalus) 32(?)H 3.84gr 25mm This coin was probably silver plated. It would be difficult to ascertain whether or not this coin was a product of the actual mint. Many of the coins struck for nearly a decade under the mint master Sa´id ibn al Djassas are evidently of base silver. This led to public protestation and Sa´id was duly put in jail. The leniency of the punishment and the extreme brevity of his stay in jail ( quick royal pardon) would perhaps indicate that this lengthy debasement of coinage was probably due to state policy and not just Sa´id´s greed.
Andalus 329 H 3.02gr 26mm Vives 392 There is some debate as to if this coin is not of the date 327H. See Al-Qantara, vol IX, 1988, pg 471-74.	Andalus 330H 2.34gr 25mm Vives 396	Andalus 330H 3.14gr 25mm Vives 396	Andalus 331H 2.92gr 24mm Vives 397	Andalus 331H 2.82gr 24mm Vives 397	Andalus 332H 3.66gr 23mm Vives 398
Andalus 332H 3.62gr 23mm Vives 398	Andalus 332H 2.84gr 25mm Vives 403	Andalus 332H 2.80gr 23mm Vives 403	Andalus 333H 2.60gr 24mm Vives 404	Andalus 333H 3.04gr 24mm Vives 404	Andalus 334H 3.74gr 25mm Vives 405
Andalus 334H 2.56gr 23mm Vives 407	Andalus 334H 3.44gr 29mm Vives 408	Andalus 334H 3.54gr 30mm Vives 408	Andalus 335H 3.60gr 30mm Vives 409	Andalus 335H 2.06gr 25mm Vives 411	Andalus 335H 2.06gr 25mm Numisma 237, pg 293, nº3, this coin.
Andalus 336H 3.08gr 26mm Vives 413	Andalus 336H 3.42gr 24mm Vives 413	Andalus 336H 3.36gr 24mm Vives 413	Andalus 336H 2.72gr 25mm Vives 413	Andalus 336H 3.42gr 25mm Vives 413	Andalus 336H 2.58gr 25mm Vives 413
Andalus 336H 3.08gr 26mm Vives 413	Madinat al-Zahra` 337H 2.90gr 25mm Vives 417	Madinat al-Zahra` 337H 2.24gr 24mm Vives 435	Madinat al-Zahra` 337H 2.70gr 24mm Vives 417	Madinat al-Zahra` 337H 3.20gr 24mm Vives 417	Madinat al-Zahra` 337H 3.72gr 26mm Vives 417
Madinat al-Zahra` 337H 2.84gr 25mm Vives 417	Madinat al-Zahra` 337H 2.64gr 26mm Vives 417	Madinat al-Zahra` 337H 3.30gr 24mm Vives 417	Madinat al-Zahra` 337H 2.22gr 26mm Vives 417	Madinat al-Zahra` 337H 2.90gr 25mm Vives 417 Variant with fi before sanata. Miles 227ii.	Madinat al-Zahra` 338H 3.28gr 24mm Vives 418
Madinat al-Zahra` 338H 3.58gr 24mm Vives 418	Madinat al-Zahra` 338H 3.06gr 22mm Vives 418	Madinat al-Zahra` 338H 3.08gr 22mm Vives 418	Madinat al-Zahra` 338H 3.54gr 24mm Vives 418	Madinat al-Zahra` 338H 2.48gr 23mm Vives 418	Madinat al-Zahra` 339H 3.04gr 24mm Vives 419
Madinat al-Zahra` 339H 2.36gr 23mm Vives 419	Madinat al-Zahra` 340H 2.92gr 24mm Vives 421	Madinat al-Zahra` 340H 2.96gr 24mm Vives 421	Madinat al-Zahra` 340H 3.26gr 23mm Vives 421	Madinat al-Zahra` 340H 2.84gr 22mm Vives 421	Madinat al-Zahra` 340H 2.72gr 22mm Vives 421
Madinat al-Zahra` 340H 2.52gr 22mm Vives 421	Madinat al-Zahra` 340H 2.54gr 23mm Vives 421	Madinat al-Zahra` 341H 2.88gr 22mm Vives 422	Madinat al-Zahra` 341H 3.28gr 24mm Vives 422	Madinat al-Zahra` 341H 2.44gr 22mm Vives 422	Madinat al-Zahra` 341H 2.72gr 23mm Vives 422
Madinat al-Zahra` 341H 2.90gr 22mm Vives 437	Madinat al-Zahra` 342H 2.80gr 22mm Vives 424	Madinat al-Zahra` 342H 1.94gr 22mm Vives 424	Madinat al-Zahra` 343H 2.88gr 22mm Vives 425 variant IA, Frochoso, pg 46.	Madinat al-Zahra` 343H 3.08gr 22mm Vives 425 variant IA, Frochoso, pg 46	Andalus (?) 343H 3.43gr 22mm Vives 446 Vives ( pg 54) considered this coin to be North African and probably from the mint of Fas, due to its aspect and the name al-Mu´izz. Miles (pg 233), reasonably, adds that it could be a counterfeit. The coins of Fas with the name Mu´izz do not appear until the last decade of that 4th century. The date on this coin is not that clear and could also be read as 393H., while the reading of the ruler, though probable, has quite a few epigraphic errors. The coin seems to be of good silver.
Madinat al-Zahra` 344H 3.16gr 23mm Vives 427	Madinat al-Zahra` 345H 2.72gr 23mm Vives 428	Madinat al-Zahra` 346H 3.14gr 24mm Vives 429	Madinat al-Zahra` 346H 3.10gr 24mm Vives 440	Madinat al-Zahra` 346H 3.12gr 25mm Vives 440	Madinat al-Zahra` 346H 1.92gr 24mm Vives 440
Madinat al-Zahra` 347H 1.96gr 23mm Vives 441	Madinat al-Zahra` 348H 3.24gr 23mm Vives 443	Madinat al-Zahra` 348H 2.568gr 25mm Vives 431	Madinat al-Zahra` 349H 2.32gr 22mm Vives 444	Madinat al-Zahra` 350H 2.08gr 22mm Vives 445

Coins struck by North African rulers in the name of ´Abd al- Rahman III.
Al-Buri ibn Musa "al- Wathiq.." ( According to Ibn Khaldun, al-Buri died in 345H.).
Fractional dirham (date & mint not readable) 1.26gr 16mm Saenz-Diez, pg 72.
Al-Khayr ibn Muhammad al-Maghrawi
Fractional dirham ( mint not readable) 330H (?) 1.75gr 17mm Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Numismatics ( London, 1986), pg 417-421, this coin. First identified correctly by N. M. Lowick of the British Museum.