Mancuso

Medieval Islamic

Metal: Gold.

Issuing entity: County of Barcelona. Ramon Berenguer I.

Mint: Barcelona.

Date: Year 409 A.D. / 1018-1019 A.D.

Obverse:

IC: القا
لا اله الا
لله وحده
لا شريك له
سم
IM: Value, date and mint.

Reverse:

IIC: ولي العهد
الامام يحيى
المعتلى بالله
امير المومنين
اديس
IIM: RAIMVNDVS COMES (retrograde and outer; A without crossbar and S lying down)

Weight: 1.90 gr. - Diameter: 20 mm. - Axes: 9 h.

Described in: Balaguer Prunes, A.M. 1993: Del mancús a la dobla. Or i pàries de Hispania, Barcelona, no. 18.

Published in: Doménech Belda, C., Ramón Sánchez, J.J., Ahuir Domínguez, J.A., 2010: "Catálogo. Edad Media", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Coins. Todas las caras de la Historia. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 145.

Monetary Inventory Number: 7395.

Assignment. Julio Furgús Collection.