SPAIN, Castile & León. Alfonso VIII el Noble (the Noble). King of Castile, 1158-1214. AV Maravedí – Morabitino (26mm, 3.79 g, 2h). Tulaitula (Toledo) mint. Dated Safar era 1228 (AD 1190). NGC MS 63.

Triton XXIX
Lot: 1089. Estimated: $ 2 000

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SPAIN, Castile & León. Alfonso VIII el Noble (the Noble). King of Castile, 1158-1214. AV Maravedí – Morabitino (26mm, 3.79 g, 2h). Tulaitula (Toledo) mint. Dated Safar era 1228 (AD 1190). ME 1023; MEC 6, 360-2 var. (date). In NGC encapsulation 6881832-004, graded MS 63.

The morabitini ‘form the most interesting monetary development of twelfth-century Spain... Alfonso VIII of Castile, who had the highest proportion of Moorish subjects and was the ruler most connected with the Muslim world, struck at Toledo, from the 1180s onwards, gold morabitini or alfonsini with Arabic inscriptions that were Christian in content. They were dated not by the Christian era or by the Hijra but by the ‘Spanish’ era, reckoned from the ‘conquest’ of Augustus in 38 BC.’ (Grierson, p.103)

The final winners of all Triton XXIX lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 January 2026.

Triton XXIX – Session Four – Lot 920-1141 will be held Wednesday afternoon, 14 January 2026 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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