S initials raised to right of V for designer Thomas Shingles
Minted in Spain
HR on banner below
Toned with scrapes in metal on both sides no doubt from spade marking in past recovery from soil
also citing the caliph's heir apparent al-Muffawidh
Emir of Algarve Square Dirham S initials raised to rightIslamic Portugal, Musa b. Muhammad (AH 631 660 1234 1262 AD), with title Amir of the West, square silver Qirat or Dirham, no mint, no date, citing the Abbasid caliph anonymously as al 'Abbas, obverse legend Allah Rabbuna, Muhammad rasuluna, al Abbas, imamuna, rev. Amir al Gharb, al Mustain bi Allah, Musa ibn Muhammad, ibn Nasr ibn Mahfuz (Formerly Album I 410, now Album 4275; Vives 2123).