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Muwahhidun, Abu Ya'qub Yusuf, gold Half Dinar, Seville.

Islamic Spain, Muwahhidun, Abu Ya'qub Yusuf (AH 558-580 / 1163-1184 AD), gold Half Dinar, Seville, after AH 563 / 1168 AD, with title amir al-mu'minin in upper reverse margin, and mint name Ishibiliya in obverse field, bottom right, 2.30g (A 483). Good very fine and rare with a mint, especially a Spanish mint.

Abu Ya'qub Yusuf assumed the title amir al-mu'minin (commander of the faithful) in AH 563 / 1168 AD giving us a terminus post quem for this undated coin.

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