The Hammudids, said to be a collateral branch of the Idrisides, were the only Taifa rulers to put a direct dynastic claim on the Umayyad Caliphate of Al-Andalus and used for themselves the title Imam on all their coins. A dynastic claim directly based on a false letter purportedly sent by Hisham II to the then governor of Ceuta , ‘Ali ibn Hammud, appointing him as his successor.
“Numismática de Ceuta musulmana”/ مسكوكات سبتة الإسلامية
As self appointed successor of Hisham II.
1 Dinar
Andalus
406H
4.32gr 24mm
Prieto 59d
1 Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
406H
4.20gr 21mm
IV Jarique, n7, pg 39, this coin.
As claimant to the Caliphate.
1 Dinar
Andalus
407H
3.18gr 24mm
Vives 732,
Prieto 63a.
1 Dinar
Andalus
408H
4.15gr 23mm
Prieto 63c
Nominal recognition of Suleiman al-Musta’in.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
Ceuta
404H
2.75gr 24mm
Prieto 54a
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
405H
2.70gr 24mm
Prieto 54b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
405H
3.16gr 24mm
Vives 721,
Prieto 58
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
405H
3.40gr 23mm
Ceuta 8, pl.I, this coin.
As self appointed successor of Hisham II
1 Dirham
Sabta
(Ceuta)
405H
3.46gr 24mm
Vives 722,
Ceuta 10
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta )
405H
2.44gr 22mm
Vives 722
1 Dirham
Andalus
406H
3.06gr 23mm
Vives 726,
Prieto 59e
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta )
406H
4.56gr 23mm
Vives 724,
Prieto 59b,
Ceuta 17, pl.I, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta )
406H
3.18gr 23mm
Vives 724,
Prieto 59b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
406H
3.46gr 23mm
Vives 724,
Prieto 59b,
Ceuta 14, pl.I, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
406H
3.48gr 22mm
Vives 724,
Prieto 59b,
Ceuta 15, pl.I, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
406H
2.48gr 21mm
Vives 724,
Prieto 59b,
Ceuta 13, pl.I, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta )
406H
3.18gr 23mm
Vives 724,
Prieto 59b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
406H
3.46gr 23mm
Vives 724,
Prieto 59b,
Ceuta 14, pl.I, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
406H
3.48gr 22mm
Vives 724,
Prieto 59b,
Ceuta 15, pl.I, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
406H
2.48gr 21mm
Vives 724,
Prieto 59b,
Ceuta 13, pl.I, this coin.
As claimant to the Caliphate
1 Dirham
Andalus
407H
2.16gr 22mm
Vives 733,
Prieto 63b
1 Dirham
Andalus
407H
2.12gr 21mm
Vives 733,
Prieto 63b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
2.72gr 22mm
Vives 727,
Prieto 60,
Ceuta 21, pl.II, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
3.38gr 24mm
Vives 727,
Prieto 60, variant with star II.A.
1 Dirham
Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
3.46gr 23mm
Vives 729,
Prieto 62a
1 Dirham
Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
2.82gr 22mm
Vives 729,
Prieto 62a,
Ceuta 24, pl.II, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
3.88gr 24mm
Vives 730,
Prieto 62a
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
2.96gr 22mm
Vives 730,
Prieto 62a
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
3.24gr 22mm
Vives 730,
Prieto 62a,
Ceuta 28, pl.II, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
3.10gr 23mm
Vives 730,
Prieto 62a
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
2.50gr 23mm
Vives 730,
Prieto 62a,
Ceuta 30, pl.II, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
3.72gr 23mm
Vives 730,
Prieto 62a,
Ceuta 29, pl.II, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
3.12gr 23mm
Vives 730,
Prieto 62a,
Ceuta 32, pl.II, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
3.03gr 24mm
Vives 730,
Prieto 62a,
Ceuta 27, pl.II, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
3.16gr 23mm
Vives 730,
Prieto 62a,
Ceuta 26, pl.II, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
2.72gr 23mm
Vives 730,
Prieto 62a,
Ceuta 33, pl.III, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
407H
3.14gr 24mm
Vives 730,
Prieto 62a
1 Dirham
Dirham
Andalus
408H
2.96gr 23mm
Vives 734,
Prieto 63d
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
2.98gr 23mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b,
Miles 30 = same die?
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
4.26gr 25mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
2.60gr 23mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
2.92gr 23mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
3.18gr 24mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
2.56gr 23mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b,
Ceuta 36, pl.III, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
2.84gr 24mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
3.50gr 24mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
2.42gr 23mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
3.18gr 23mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b,
Ceuta 43, pl.III, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
3.56gr 23mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
2.80gr 23mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b,
Ceuta 49, pl.IV, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
3.26gr 22mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b,
Ceuta 41, pl.III, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
2.92gr 23mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b,
Ceuta 48, pl.IV, this coin.
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
2.86gr 22mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b
1 Dirham
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
408H
3.06gr 25mm
Vives 731,
Prieto 62b
Dinar
Andalus
408H
3.50gr 22mm
Prieto 64a
Dinar
Andalus
411H
3.68gr 23mm
Prieto supplement n40, this coin. *
Dinar
Andalus
413H
3.72gr 21mm
Prieto 68
Dinar
Andalus
414H
3.82gr 23mm
Prieto 35
Dinar
Madinat Sabta
(Ceuta)
411H
4.94gr 24mm
Prieto supplement n41, this coin.
Dirham
Andalus
408H
4.22gr 25mm
Prieto 64b
Dirham
Andalus
408H
2.96gr 24mm
Unpublished distribution for date.
Dirham
Andalus
409H
3.98gr 24mm
Prieto supplement n38
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
3.56gr 25mm
Vives 736,
Prieto 71c
Ceuta 53, pl.V, this coin.
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
4.98gr 26mm
Vives 736,
Prieto 71c
Ceuta 54, pl.V, this coin.
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
3.08gr 26mm
Vives 737,
Prieto 72
Ceuta 56, pl.V, this coin.
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
3.16gr 25mm
Vives 736,
Prieto 71c
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
3.58gr 24mm
Vives 736,
Prieto 71c
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
3.92gr 25mm
Vives 738,
Prieto 74a
Ceuta 60, pl.V, this coin.
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
2.74gr 25mm
Vives 738,
Prieto 74a
Ceuta 59, pl.V, this coin.
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
3.28gr 25mm
Vives 738,
Prieto 74a
Ceuta 61, pl.V, this coin.
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
409H
4.32gr 25mm
Vives 738,
Prieto 74a
Ceuta 62, pl.V, this coin.
Dirham
Andalus
410H
3.76gr 24mm
Vives 741,
Prieto 70a
Dirham
Andalus
410H
3.78gr 24mm
Vives 741,
Prieto 70a
Dirham
Andalus
410H
3.56gr 23mm
Vives 741,
Prieto 70a
Dirham
Andalus
410H
2.94gr 25mm
Vives 741,
Prieto 70a
Dirham
Andalus
410H
4.08gr 24mm
Vives 742,
Prieto 69b
Dirham
Andalus
410H
4.02gr 27mm
Vives 742,
Prieto 69b
Dirham
Andalus
410H
3.28gr 25mm
Vives 742,
Prieto 69b
Dirham
Andalus
410H
2.82gr 21mm
Vives 742,
Prieto 69b
Dirham
Andalus
410H
3.52gr 26mm
Vives 742,
Prieto 69b
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
410H
2.58gr 25mm
Vives 739,
Prieto 74b
Dirham
Dirham (base silver)
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
410H
3.32gr 24mm
Vives 739,
Prieto 74b
Ceuta 65, pl.VI, this coin.
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
410H
2.94gr 24mm
Vives 744,
Prieto 76
Ceuta 67, pl.VI, this coin.
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
410H.
2.44gr 22mm
Vives 744,
Prieto 76
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
410H
2.68gr 25mm
Vives 745,
Prieto 78a
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
410H
2.40gr 22mm
Vives 745,
Prieto 78a
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
411H
2.88gr 24mm
Ceuta 80, pl. VII, this coin.
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
411H
3.16gr 22mm
Vives 746,
Prieto 78b
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
411H
2.88gr 24mm
Vives 746,
Prieto 78b
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
412H
3.60gr 25mm
Prieto 78d
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
412H
3.00gr 23mm
Prieto 78d
Dirham
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.
Dirham
Andalus 412H
2.82gr 23mm
no reference for date/distribution
Dirham
Andalus
412H
3.06gr 22mm
Vives 751,
Prieto 34b
Hasan on II.A.
Dirham
Andalus
412? or 414H?
3.76gr 24mm
Prieto supplement n43, this coin.
With Muhammad as successor in II.A.
Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
412H
2.62gr 23mm
Prieto 82a
Dinar
Andalus
4(1)3H
3.86gr 21mm
Prieto 80a *
Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
415H
3.62gr 22mm
Vives 755,
Prieto 82e
Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
416H
4.78gr 22mm
Vives 760,
Prieto 83b
Dinar
Fractional
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
(xx)6H
1.36gr 17mm
Vives 784,
Prieto 85n
Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
423H
4.02gr 22mm
Vives 780,
Prieto 85i
Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
424H
3.62gr 22mm
Vives 781,
Prieto 85j
Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
425H
4.02gr 22mm
Vives 783,
Prieto 85k
Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
426H
4.40gr 22mm
Prieto 85l
Dinar
Andalus (Cordoba)
416H
4.90gr 23mm
Prieto supplement n48
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
412H
252.gr 25mm
Prieto 82b
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
412H
3.70gr 24mm
Prieto 82b
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
412H
3.62gr 25mm
Prieto 82b
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
413H
3.92gr 25mm
Prieto supplement n47
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
414H
3.32gr 23mm
Vives 753,
Prieto 81
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
415H
1.62gr 24mm
Vives 759,
Prieto 83a
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
416H
2.72gr 23mm
Vives 761,
Prieto 83c
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
417H
2.38gr 24mm
Vives 762,
Prieto 83e
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
418H
2.40gr 23mm
Prieto 83g
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
418H
2.66gr 23mm
Vives 775,
Prieto 85b
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta) 419H
3.14gr 23mm
Vives 767,
Prieto 84b
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
419H
2.99gr 21mm
Vives 777,
Prieto 85d
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
420H
3.14gr 20mm
Vives 768,
Prieto 84c
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
421H
3.12gr 23mm
Vives 769,
Prieto 84d
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
421H
3.14gr 22mm
Vives 769,
Prieto 84d
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
422H
2.94gr 24mm
Prieto 84e
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
422H
2.52gr 23mm
Prieto 84e
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
423H
2.84gr 24mm
Vives 770,
Prieto 84f
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
424H
3.10gr 24mm
Vives 771,
Prieto 84g
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
424H
2.58gr 24mm
Vives 771,
Prieto 84g
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
425H
3.28gr 23mm
Vives 772,
Prieto 84h
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
425H
3.54gr 24mm
Vives 772,
Prieto 84h
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
425H
2.48gr 23mm
Vives 772,
Prieto 84h
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
426H
2.48gr 23mm
Vives 773,
Prieto 84i
The following coins with the mint al-Andalus have been struck during the brief occupation of Cordoba by Yahya ( see above the dinar of the same date and mint).
Dirham
Andalus (Cordoba)
416H
1.28gr 22mm
Prieto 37a
Dirham
Andalus (Cordoba)
416H
2.98gr 24mm
with name Ibn Salam on IA.
This coin is similar to Dinar in Prieto Supplement 49 dated 417H.
This coin has ‘Amir below IIA at a date which is historically imposible as the coins with the name of Al-Mansur ibn Abi ‘Amir end on 392H. It is also stylistically not a coin of that date. It was found with a small hoard of Hammudid coins. It is in all probability a Taifa imitation of a Caliphate dirham.
Dirham
Andalus
396H
3.44gr 22mm
Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
427H
4.44gr 23mm
Cruz Conde n80
Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
427H
2.96gr 21mm
Prieto Supplement n53.
Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
429H
4.36gr 23mm
Prieto Supplement n54. This coin.
Dinar
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
430H
3.94gr 23mm
Vives 824,
Prieto 89
Dirham
Andalus
427H
2.64gr 22mm
Vives 822,
Prieto 87
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
no date
2.58gr 23mm
Type Vives 825,
Prieto 90
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
no date
2.38gr 20mm
Fragment
Type Vives 825,
Prieto 90.
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
no date (430)
3.60gr 21x23mm
Type Vives 825,
Prieto 90
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
no date (430)
2.24gr 20x21mm
Vives 827,
Prieto 91a var.
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
no date (430)
3.4gr 22mm
Vives 827,
Prieto 91b.
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
(4)30
3.2gr 23mm
Vives 825,
Prieto 90
Dirham
Madinat Sabta (Ceuta)
(4)34H
2.69gr 22mm
Prieto suplement n56
Dirham
Andalus
435H
2.74gr 23mm
Prieto Supplement 57.
This coin.
Dirham
Andalus
(..)5H
3.72gr 22mm
Dirham
Andalus
438H
3.06gr 24mm
Dirham
Madina Sabta
(44)5H
2.47gr 20x22mm
Prieto 94 var.
Dirham
Andalus
437H
2.9gr 23mm
Dirham
Andalus
438H
2.68gr 24mm
Suplemento Taifas, n58.
This coin
Dirham
Andalus
444H
2.02gr 24mm
Dirham
Andalus
445H
1.82gr 23mm
Dinar
Andalus
446H
2.02gr 22mm
Dinar
Madinat Malaqa
440H
3.54gr 21mm
Suplemento Taifas, n59.
This coin
Dinar
Fractional
(Madinat Malaqa)
440H
0.87gr 14mm
Suplemento Taifas, n60.
This coin
Dinar
Fractional
no mint/no date
1.10gr 15mm
Suplemento Taifas, n61.
This coin
Dirham
Andalus
438H
3.08gr 22mm
Vives 854,
Prieto 101a
Dirham
Andalus
439H
2.64gr 20mm
Vives 855,
Prieto 101e
Dirham
Andalus
439H
1.86gr 21mm
Prieto 103a
Dirham
Andalus
440H
3.54gr 23mm
Vives 857,
Prieto 103b
Dirham
Andalus
441H
3.72gr 24mm
Vives 861,
Prieto 104b
Dirham
Andalus
441H
4.24gr 24mm
Vives 861,
Prieto 104b
Dirham
Andalus
442H
3.38gr 23mm
Vives 863,
Prieto 104d
Dirham
Andalus
442H
4.30gr 24mm
Vives 863,
Prieto 104d
Dirham
Andalus
442H
3.36gr 24mm
Vives 863,
Prieto 104d
Dirham
Andalus
442H
4.46gr 22mm
Vives 863,
Prieto 104d
Dirham
Andalus
443H
3.18gr 22mm
Vives 864,
Prieto 104e
Dirham
Andalus
443H
4.06gr 24mm
Vives 864,
Prieto 104e
Dirham
Andalus
443H
3.20gr 22mm
Vives 866,
Prieto 105
Dirham
Andalus
444H
3.06gr 21mm
Vives 865,
Prieto 104f
Dirham
Madinat al-Andalus
(no date)
2.82gr 22mm
Suplemento Taifas n62.
This coin
Dirham
Wadi Law
441H
2.36gr 23mm
Prieto Supplemment n63.
This coin was probably struck by Hasan ibn Idris, the exiled brother of Muhammad al-Mahdi.
Dirham
Andalus
443H
3.14gr 24mm
Vives 869,
Prieto 107a
Dirham
Andalus
445H
3.57gr 24mm
Prieto 107b var.
Dirham
Andalus
446H
3.06gr 24mm
Prieto supplement n64.
Dirham
Andalus
4(4)6H?
1.42gr 20mm
The second digit on the coin is an error as it actually reads like 80, which would give us an impossible 486H