Ok Joe,
Left image, in the outer
border we have a Kor'anic verse of "The
Romans"
in this verse Allah tells the believers a fact that the
Romans are defeated but they will gain a
victory against Persians in few years.
لله الأمر من قبل ومن بعد ويومئذ يفرح المؤمنون بنصر الله
Before and after these events (before the defeat of the
Romans by the persians and after the defeats of the Persians by
Romans)
The decissin of this matter is only by Allah
and on that day the believers (i.e.Muslims) will rejoice at the
victory given by Allah to the
Romans against
Parthiansinner
border : بسم الله ضرب هذا الدينار بنيسابور سنة أربعين وثلثمائة
In the name of Allah, this dinar is minted in Nyshapur year fourty and three hundred
In
field: لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له
No God but Allah only and nobody is
his partner in diety
Right image:
Border محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth (Islam) to make it victorious
over all other religions even though the "mushrikun" (polythesists, pagans, idolaters and disbelievers of the oneness of Allah and
his messenger Muhammad) hate it.
In fiel : لله (For Allah)
محمد رسول الله (Muhammad is the messenger of Allah)
المستكفي باللهal-Mustakfi billah ( The Abbasid Caliph's title)
الملك المؤيد The title of the Samanid
kingنوح بن نصر Nuh , son of Nasr (
his name)
For full translation of the meanings of all Koran verses you can download it in PDF file at
www.islamhouse.comRegards
H.Bakkar