Dirham - al-Mahdi citing Harun
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Features
| Issuer |
Abbasid Caliphate
 |
|---|---|
| Caliph |
Al-Mahdi (775-785)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 165-169 (782-785) |
| Calendar | Islamic (Hijri) |
| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
| Currency | Dinar (750-1517) |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 3 g |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 373797 |
| References | Album Islamic# 215.3 Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd Edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States.Nicholas Manning Lowick, Joe Cribb; 1990. Islamic Coins and Trade in the Medieval World. Variorum, Aldershot, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Arabski tekst w trzech rzędach pośrodku. Pierwszy rząd "لا اله الا".
Tekst ten jest otoczony jednym rzędem tekstu arabskiego. Począwszy od "بسم الله" na godzinie 1, czytając od prawej do lewej.
Trzy pierścienie na marginesie z równomiernie rozmieszczonymi pierścieniami.
Script: arabski
Lettering:
لا اله الا
الله وحده
لا شرك له
بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بافريقية سنه ست و ستىن و مىه
Reverse
(en) Arabic text in three rows in the center. First row starts with "الخليفه".
The center text is surrounded by two rings.
One row of Arabic text in the margin between these rings. Starting with "محمد" at 1 o'clock reading from right to left.
Script: arabski
Lettering:
الخليفه المهدى
مما امربه هارون
بن امىر المومنىن
محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهرة على الدين كله و لو كرة المشركون
Mints
| Ifriqiyah, modern-day Tunis, Tunisia | |
| هارون اباد, al-Haruniyah, Iran |
Comments
(en)
While the main design of this type is the same there may also be small differences within this type.
The most common differences are the annulets found at the margin. These annulets may differ in sizes, patterns etc. There is not yet a consensus about the annulets. One theory is that the patterns are dependent on the manager of the mint, i.e. if he moves to another mint, he “brings” the pattern to that mint.
This type is minted only at three different mints whereof two are operating only during a few years. These two mints have very similar names, al-Haruniya and Harunabad. It is assumed that these two are actually the same mint using two different names on the coins.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 165 (782) | (en) Ifriqiya | ||||||||||||||
| 166 (783) | (en) Ifriqiya | ||||||||||||||
| 167 (784) | (en) Ifriqiya | ||||||||||||||
| 168 (784) | (en) Harunabad | ||||||||||||||
| 168 (784) | (en) Ifriqiya | ||||||||||||||
| 169 (785) | (en) al-Haruniyah | ||||||||||||||
| 169 (785) | (en) Harunabad | ||||||||||||||
| 169 (785) | (en) Ifriqiya | ||||||||||||||
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