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مما أمر به ألمهدي محمد بن أمير المؤمنين
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Abbasid Governors, anonymous, AE fals (21mm, 3.71gm, 11h), Halab, AH 136. O: Kalima; below, large pellet left and annulet right; in margin, mint and date formula. R: At center, Kalima continued; in margin, Qur'an 9:33. Ilisch (1996) Resafa IV, p. 117, 221 (dated xx6); cf. ibid. 220 (dated 135) and 222 (date illegible, either 135 or 136); see also Nützel (1898) Berlin 2074 (dated 135 but mint illegible) and Shamma p. 89, 3 (dated xx5). Very Fine and extremely rare, olive green patina with areas of red sand encrustation. Date full and clear. Mint missing but clearly style of Halab, AH 135 and 136.Quant.Geek
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'ABBASID CALIPHATE. temp. Al-Muqtadir. Second reign, AH 296-317 / AD 908-929.
AR Dirhem.
Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 299 (AD 911/2).
Album 246.1Ardatirion
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67 Islamic Dynasties, Zengids of Mosul: Nasir al-Din Mahmud AE dirhem, 616-631 AH (1219 - 1234 AD) 8.05gm, struck 627 AH (1229-1230 AD) in Mosul, 26.0mm. Obv: Crowned female figure personifying the moon seated facing with legs crossed, holding crescent; date in fields. Rev: Shahada and name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir in five lines across fields; name and titles of Nasir al-Din Mahmud in outer margin. Mitchiner WOI 1129; SS 67.
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Abbasid - al-Mahdi - Silver Dirham - Baghdad Mint, Madinat al-Salam - AH 163Abbasid Silver Dirham.
Struck under ruler al-Mahdi ( AD 775 - 785 ), Caliph of Baghdad.
Struck in the year AH 163 = AD 779 / 780 at the Baghdad Mint.
(Inscriptions in Kufic Script)
obv: translation: " In the name of Allah, this dinar was struck in Baghdad, year 163. "
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ABBASID - Harul al-RashidABBASID - Harul al-Rashid (786-809) AR Dirham. 2.80 g. Year 191 AH (807 AD). Madinat as Salaam mint (Baghdad). dpaul7
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Abbasid Al-Mamun Citing Ali Ibn Musa as heirAl-Ma'mun AH 199-218 / AD 813-833. AR Dirham (27mm, 2.87 g, 3h). Citing 'Ali ibn Musa al-Rida as heir. Madinat Isbahan mint. Dated AH 202 (AD 817/8). Album 224; ICV 391
This coin is a very rare and historically important coin as it commemorates the significant event that Al-Mamun chose ali ibn musa (Known as Al-Rida) as his heir in order to control the shia rebellions and bring them under control as Al-Rida was leader of Shia muslims at the time. This was just a political move as he was only 2 years the heir . Al-mamun had him poisoned after 2 years in 203 AH . This coin cites the name of Ali Ibn Musa on it as the heir confessing Al-mamun to be Caliph of muslims and Al-Rida to be his heir.
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Abbasid AR Dirham. Kalima and below: "Abu'l 'Abbas ibn amir al-muminin"
inner edge:"bismillah duriba hadhà ad-dirham bi'l-Basrat sanah arba' 'ashrat wa thelath [mi'at]"; outer edge: Sura 30 vv 3 & 4.
"li-'llah mohammed rasul allah [al-mu]qtadir billah"Will Hooton
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Abbasid CaliphateAbbasid Caliphate. al-Mahdi. 158-169/775-785. AR dirhem (22.6 mm, 2.41 g, 1 h). Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) mint, dated A.H. 162. With his name as al-Kalif al-Mahdi. Album 215.1. VF.ecoli
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Abbasid CaliphateThe decade تسعين ("ninety") and digit ثمان ("eight") of the date are legible in the margins, thus AH [5]98 (AD 1202). The left image (reverse) cites the 'Abbasid caliph: al-imam / al-Nasir. The image on the right (obverse) reads al-malik / al-Zahir. Obverse as Balog 668, reverse as Balog 667.
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Abbasid Caliphate, al-Ma'mun. AR dirham. AH 199-218 (AD 813-833). Dated AH 201 (AD 816/7).Muhammadiya mint. (2.96 gm; 24 mm). Citing Dhu al-Ri'asatayn. Album 223.
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Abbasid Caliphate. al-Mahdi (Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn al-Mansur) (158-169 A.H. = 775-785 A.D.)Album 215.1, Lowick/Savage 678, Lavoix 730
AR dirham, 2.83 g., 23.10 mm. max, 270°. Struck at the Madinat al-Salam mint (Baghdad), dated 163 A.H. (= 780 A.D.)
Obv: In the name of Allah this dirhem was minted in Madinat es-Salam in the year one and sixty and one hundred (marginal legend), There is no God except Allah. There is no partner to him. (central legend).
Rev: Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to prevail over all other religions even if the polytheists abhor it. (marginal legend = Sura 9 Verse 33), Muhammad is the Messenger of God, Gods Prayer and Salutations upon him, the Caliph al-Mahdi (central legend), pellet above and two pellets below.Stkp
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Abbasid Caliphate. Harun al-Rashid (170-193A.H. = 786-809 A.D.)Album 219.2, Lowick/Savage 826, Lavoix 826
AR dirham, 22-23 mm. Struck at the al-Muhammadiya mint (Reyy near today's Tehran), dated 191 A.H. (807/8 A.D.)
Obv: In The Name of God. This dirham was struck in al-Muhammadiyya in the year one and ninety and one hundred [marginal legend], around There is no diety except (the one) God alone. He has no equal [central legend].
Rev: Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it [marginal legend], around Muhammad the Messenger of God [central legend], letter ha below.Stkp
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Abbasid Caliphate. al-Muqtadir, (295-320 AH). Dated 304 AH.Madinat al-Salam mint, (2,8 g. 27 mm.)
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Abbasid Caliphate: al-Hadi (169-170AH / 785-786CE) AR dirham, al-Muhammadiya (Album-217.2; Lowick-1666; NHR-70A)Obverse Field:
لا اله الا الله وحده لا شرك له
There is no deity except (the one) God alone. He has no equal
Obverse Margin:
بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بالمحمدية سنة سبعين و مئة
In the name of God. This dirham was struck in Muhammadiya in the year seventy and one hundred
Reverse Field:
محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم الخليفة الهادى
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. Caliph al-Hadi
بر below
Reverse Margin:
محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون
He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it. Quant.Geek
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Abbasid Caliphate: al-Ma'mun (810-833 CE) AR dirham, Madinat Isbahan, AH199 (Album-223.4)Obverse Field:
لا اله الا الله وحده لا شرك له
There is no deity except (the one) God alone. He has no equal
Obverse Margin:
بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بمدينة اصبهان سنة تسع و تسعين و مئة
In the name of God, This dirham was struck in Isbahan in the year ninety nine and one hundred
Reverse Field:
الله محمد رسول الله ذو الرياستين
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah; Dhu'l-Ri'asatayn
ح below
Reverse Margin:
محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون
He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it. Quant.Geek
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Abbasid Caliphate: al-Mahdi (158-169AH/775-785AD) AV Dinar, NM, 160AH (Album-214; Mitchiner-154)Obv: لا إله إلا / الله وحده / لا شريك له (There is no god but Allah alone. There are no others with Him)
Obv Margin: محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله (Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it.)
Rev: محمد / رسول / الله (Muhammad is the messenger of Allah)
Rev Margin: بسم الله ضرب هذا الدينر سنة ستين و مئة (In the name of Allah, this dinar was struck in the year sixty and one hundred)Quant.Geek
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Abbasid Caliphate: al-Mansur (136-158AH/754-775AD) or al-Mahdi (158-169AH/775-785AD) AV Dinar, NM, 158AH (Album-212; Mitchiner-154)Obv: لا إله إلا / الله وحده / لا شريك له (There is no god but Allah alone. There are no others with Him)
Obv Margin: محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله (Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it.)
Rev: محمد / رسول / الله (Muhammad is the messenger of Allah)
Rev Margin: بسم الله ضرب هذا الدينر سنة ثمان و خمسين و مئة (In the name of Allah, this dinar was struck in the year fifty-eight and one hundred)
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Abbasid Caliphate: Harun al-Rashid (AH 170-193/ AD 786-809) AE Fals, al-Rafiqa (Shamma p. 156, 11; SICA-2, 1456-1458; BMC I, p. 210, 128; Album-310)Obv: At center, la ilah illa / Allah wahdahu / la sherikh lahu (“There is no god but Allah alone. There are no others with Him”); in margin, bism Allah zarb haza al-fils bi’l-Ramla sanat tis’ wa themanin wa mi’at (“In the name of Allah was struck this fals of al-Ramla [in the] year nine and eighty and [one] hundred”); border of five annulets between two inner and on outer linear circles.
Rev: Within pointillate circle, Muhammad / rassul / Allah (“Muhammad is the apostle of Allah”); above, three pellets forming triangle; below, ‘adl (“just”); in margin, bism Allah mimma amara bihi ‘abd Allah Harun amir al-mu’minin ‘azz Allah nasrahu (“In the name of Allah, from that ordered by the servant of Allah, Harun, commander of the faithful, may Allah make him victorious”); outer linear circle. Quant.Geek
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Abbasid Governors, Mesopotamia: al-‘Abbas b. Muhammad (750-760 AD) AE Fals, al-Jazira (Album-304; Lavoix-1568)Obv: Within circle, لا إله إلا الله وحده (There is no God but Allah alone); in margin, أمر الأمير ألعباس بن محمد اعز الله نصره (Ordered by the amir al-‘Abbas bin Muhammad, may his victories be the glory of Allah)
Rev: Within circle, محمد رسول الله (Muhammad is the apostle of Allah); pellet above first line; in margin, بسم الله ضرب هذا الفلس بالجزيرة (In the name of Allah was struck this fals of al-Jazira)Quant.Geek
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Abbasid Governors, Transoxiana: Hamza (ca. 770s-790) Cast AE Fals, Kharashket (Nastich p. 48, fig. 45)One of 12 known specimens from a find reportedly centered on Kanka / Kharashket near Tashkent in modern Uzbekistan. All of them are were crudely cast and hence attribution is based on known information. The only publication that mentions these coins is Nastich.
Obv: In margin, لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول; within center circle, الله (There is no God but Allah. Muhammad is the apostle of Allah)
Rev: In margin, بسم الله كما أمر به معبد الا أمير; within central circle, حمزة (In the name of Allah from that ordered by the amir Hamza); outer circle.
The full name of Hamza is not known with certainty but Nastich believes the most likely candidate is Hamza b. 'Amr who is cited on a fals of Samarqand dated AH 153. A less likely possibility is Hamza b. Malik (fl. c. AH 176-177).
Reference
Nastich, Vladimir N., A Survey of the Abbasid Copper Coinage of Transoxiana, Nastich, 2012
Nastich, Vladimir N., Early Islamic Copper Coinage of Transoxiana - A Generic Survey Focused on Newly Discovered Coin Types, 3rd Simone Assemani Symposium on Islamic Coins, 2012Quant.Geek
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Abbasid Governors, Transoxiana: Hamza (ca. 770s-790) Cast AE Fals, Kharashket (Nastich p. 48, fig. 45)One of 12 known specimens from a find reportedly centered on Kanka / Kharashket near Tashkent in modern Uzbekistan. All of them are were crudely cast and hence attribution is based on known information. The only publication that mentions these coins is Nastich.
Obv: In margin, لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول; within center circle, الله (There is no God but Allah. Muhammad is the apostle of Allah)
Rev: In margin, بسم الله كما أمر به معبد الا أمير; within central circle, حمزة (In the name of Allah from that ordered by the amir Hamza); outer circle.
The full name of Hamza is not known with certainty but Nastich believes the most likely candidate is Hamza b. 'Amr who is cited on a fals of Samarqand dated AH 153. A less likely possibility is Hamza b. Malik (fl. c. AH 176-177).
Reference
Nastich, Vladimir N., A Survey of the Abbasid Copper Coinage of Transoxiana, Nastich, 2012
Nastich, Vladimir N., Early Islamic Copper Coinage of Transoxiana - A Generic Survey Focused on Newly Discovered Coin Types, 3rd Simone Assemani Symposium on Islamic Coins, 2012Quant.Geek
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Abbasid Governors: Yazid b. Jarir (AH 178-181) AE Fals, Sijistan (Lowick-811; Album-335)
A special thanks to Sam Mansourati@FORVM Ancient Coins who helped with the inscribing of the legends
Obv: At center, لا إله إلا الله واحده لا شريكه (There is no God but Allah alone. There are no others with Him); in margin, بسم الله ضرب هذا الفلس بسيجيستان سنة ثمان وسبعين ومئة (In the name of Allah was struck this fals of Sijistan [in the] year eight and seventy and [one] hundred); double circle border enclosing four annulets.
Rev: At center, الله محمد رسول الله يزيد (To Allah, Muhammad is the apostle of Allah. Yazid); ornate crisscrossed border with four large annulets.
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Abbasid Provincial Coinage of Tabaristan: Sulayman (787-789) AR ½ Dirham, Tabaristan, PYE137 (Album-65)Obv: Bust right, breast ornament: type 'A' with 3 pellets.'Bakh' (good) in diamond superimposed over bust with winged headdress.
Rev: Fire altar with 2 attendants; stars to right and left of flames.Quant.Geek
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Abbasid: al-Muktafi (289-295 AH) AV Dinar, Misr, 292 AH (Album-243.1)Obv: لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له
Obv Outer Margin: لله الامـر من قبل ومن بعــد ويومئذ يفرح المؤمنون بنصر الله
Obv Inner Margin: بسم الله ضرب هذا الدينر مصر سنة اثنين و تسعين و مائتين
Rev: لله محمد رسول الله / المكتفي بالله
Rev Margin: محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون
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Abbasids, al-MustansirAbbasids, al-Mustansir (1226-1242), AE Dirham, Irbil, AH 641. A274. Brockage.
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Abbasids, Tabaristan, Anonymous First Series 781ADObverse: Sasanian style bust right wearing mural crown, three pellets on breast, 'GDH PZWT' on left, 'NYWK' in outer left margin and 'PD' in outer right, star within crescent left, right and below in margin.
Reverse: Fire altar set on three steps and flanked by two attendants standing facing wearing mural crowns and holding scepters with ribbons, star either side of the flames, date on left and mint on right, alternating triple pellets and star within crescents in outer margin.
Silver Hemidrachm Dated PYE130Skyler
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Abbasids, Tabaristan, Anonymous First Series, 781 ADObverse: Sasanian style bust right wearing mural crown, three pellets on breast, 'GDH PZWT' on left, 'NYWK' in outer left margin and 'PD' in outer right, star within crescent left, right and below in margin.
Reverse: Fire altar set on three steps and flanked by two attendants standing facing wearing mural crowns and holding scepters with ribbons, star either side of the flames, date on left and mint on right, alternating triple pellets and star within crescents in outer margin.
Silver Hemidrachm Dated PYE130Skyler
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al-Mu'tadid DinarABBASID OF YEMEN: al-Mu'tadid, 892-902, AV dinar al-mutawwak (2.95g), San'a, AH283, A-1056, Bernardi-211El, VF-EF.
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al-Mutawakkil DinarABBASID: al-Mutawakkil, 847-861, AV dinar (3.98g), Misr, AH238, A-229.2, Bernardi-157De, one small spot of weakness, VF.
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Anatolia & al-JaziraISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirhem (30mm, 13.03 g, 3h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Undated, but struck AH 560-566 (AD 1164-1170). Two diademed and draped male heads facing slightly away from one another; in margins, Kalima above and below, name and title of Abbasid caliph to right and left / Facing female head, wearing necklace; name, title, and genealogy of Najm al-Din Alpi in outer margin. Whelan Type IV, 44-5; S&S Type 30.1; Album 1827.5. Near VF, green patina.ecoli
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Anatolia and Al-Jazirah (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi AD 1152-1176. (AH 547-572).Two diademed male heads facing slightly away from one another, in margins, Kalima above and below, name of Abbasid caliph to right and left / Female head facing, name and pedigree of Najm al-Din Alpi around.
Struck AH 560-566 (AD 1164-1170)
Dirhem AE31.
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ARTUQIDS of MARDIN. Artuq Arslan.1201-1239 AD. Mardin Mint. 632 AH. AE dirhamObv: Draped facing male solar bust; name and title of Seljuq of Rum overlord around
Rev: Names of Abbasid caliph and Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in five lines; partial mint formula and AH date in margins
Reference: S&S 47; Album 1830
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 13,3 gr
Diameter: 30 mm Simon
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Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. 597-637/1200-1239. AE dirhamObv. Bare-headed and draped bust facing slightly left
Rev. Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in five lines.
References: Whelan type IVA; Spengler & Sayles type 40; Album 1830.4.
30mm, 11.5gCanaan
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Artuqids of Mardin: Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan (1184-1200) Æ Dirhem (Album 1829.4; Whelan Type IV; S&S Type 36.2; Zeno 293026)Obv: Turk, cross legged, seated facing, holding severed head and raised sword; نور الدين اتا / بك to right (Nur al-Din Atabeg); ornamental in exergue
Rev: Name and titles the Abbasid caliph in three lines - الناصر لدين / الله امير المؤمنين (al-Nasir li-Din Allah, Commander of the Faithful); names and titles of Ayyubid overlord in inner margin - الملك الافضل علي و الملك الظاهر غازي بن الملك الناصر يوسف (the King al-Afdal 'Ali and the King al-Zahir Ghazi b. al-Malik al-Nasir Ayyub); name of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and AH date in outer margin - حسام الدين يولق ارسلان ملك ديار بكر بن ايل غازي بن ارتق ضرب سنة ست و تسعين و خمس (Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, King of the Diyar Bakr, b. al-Ghazi b, Artuq, struck (in the) year 596)
Dim: 30 mm, 14.67
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Artuqids, Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, AE Dirham, Anatolia & al-Jazira.Mardin 596 A.H. = 1199-1200 A.D. 15.05g - 40mm, Axis 2h.
Obv: “Nur al-Din Atabeg” in Arabic in two lines to left; ornamental script in exergue. - Turkish soldier seated crosslegged, holding raised sword and severed helmeted head by crest.
Rev: Name of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir in three lines across fields; names and titles of Ayyubid overlords al-Afzal Ali bin Yusuf and al-Zahir Ghazi bin Yusuf in inner margin; name and title of Husam and AH date in outer margin.
S&S Type 36.1; Album 1829.4.Christian Scarlioli
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Ayyubid Dynasty. Al-Adil Abu Bakr I (Al-Adil Saif al-Din Abu-Bakr Ahmed ibn Najm ad-Din Ayyub) (592-615 A.H. = 1196-1218 A.D.)Album 803 (variant without central annulets)
AR dirham, 2.78 g., 21.14 mm. max, 0°. Struck at the Dimashq mint (Damascus), in 598-608 A.H. (= 1201-1211 A.D.).
Obv: Imam (= the religious leader) al-Nasir / li-Din Allah amir (= commander), on middle two lines; al-mu' / minin (= of the faithful), above and below, fleur at bottom, all within double intertwined trefoil.
Rev: al-malik (= the king) al-'Adil / Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub, on middle two lines; al-din / saif (= sword of the faith), above and below, fleur at bottom, all within double intertwined trefoil.
As is typical with this type, the marginal legends (kalima / mint and date) are off the flan.
The obverse legend cites to the Abbasid Caliph, al-Nasir li-Din Allah (575/6-622 A.H. = 1180-1225 A.D.). The reverse legend cites to the Sultan of Egypt and Syria, al-Adil Saif al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub, who was the brother of Saladin. From his honorific title Saif al-Din ("Sword of Faith"), he was known to the Crusaders as Saphadin.Stkp
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Ayyubids. Mayyafariqin & Jabal Sinjar . al-Ashraf I Muzaffar al-Din Musa. AH 607-617 / AD 1210-1220. Æ DirhemObv. Male seated facing, holding globus; AH date to left and right of figure; name and titles of al-Ashraf I Muzaffar al-Din Musa in outer margin.
Rev. Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines within within linear and pelleted angled trilobe; name of Ayyubid overlord in outer margins.
References: Whelan Type I, 272-3; Balog, Ayyubids 851; Album 859.1. Edhem 196.
Mayyafariqin mint. Dated AH 612 (AD 1215/16).
30mm, 12grams.Canaan
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BCC BW14 Islamic Weight 1 DinarIslamic Weight
Caesarea Maritima
Abbasid Caliphate 750-1258 CE
Disk Shape Bronze - 1 Dinar
Obv: Arabic inscription: لله
"LILLAH”, late Abbasid calligraphy.
Rev: One punch mark within
incuse concentric circle.
AE Dia: 11.0mm. Ht:6.25mm.
Weight: 4.03gm.
cf. Holland, "W.W.O.C.M." #154
(different inscription, "Imran")
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1974
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC G9Islamic Gem Stone
Caesarea Maritima
Late Abbasid Kufic inscription:
Allah Waliyyu (Zakari?) bin Habib.
Inscribed in the negative.
10 x 8 mm.
Black onyxv-drome
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BCC IS2 Abbasid Caliphate Harun al-RashidIslamic - AR Dirhem
Harun al-Rashid
AH170-193 (786-809 CE)
Abbasid Caliphate
Mint: Al-Mohamadiya
Dated AH193 (809 CE)
22mm 2.95gm. Axis:270v-drome
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Byzantine Empire: Constantine VI & Irene (780-797) AR Miliaresion, Constantinople (Sear 1595; DOC 4b)Obv: IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ҺICA Cross potent set on three steps
Rev: COҺS/TAҺTInO/S S IRInIЄ/ C ΘЄЧ bA/SILIS in five lines
This coin was overstruck on an Abbasid dirhem, with considerable parts of the undertype still visible
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Byzantine Empire: Leo IV the Khazar (775-780) AR Miliaresion (Sear 1585; DOC III.1 3.5)Obv: IhSЧS XRISτЧS hICA; Cross potent on base and three steps, within a triple circle of dots
Rev: LЄOn/SCOҺST/AҺTInЄЄ/CΘЄЧ bA/SILIS in five lines, within a triple circle of dots
Dim: 21 mm, 1.7 g
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Delhi Sultanate, Muhammad bin Tughluq, struck in the name of Abbasid Caliph al-Hakim II AH 725-752Arabic legends: allah bi-amr al-hakim
Arabic legends: abu'l 'abbas ahmad'
Goron D447Skyler
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Glass one-quarter (1/4) dirham weightworn Glass/Likely umayyad or abbasid coin weight
Islamic script?
10 by 2mm
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Habbari dynasty of SindhHabbari dynasty of Sindh (near Indus river)
855-884 AD,
A silver 'damma' of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, Habbari amirs were the first Islamic campaigners from Abbasid caliph on their way to India but however they couldn't get past the Hindu Pratiharas, so they settled in Sindh. At first, they were under the control of the Abbasids, but later they split and started ruling autonomously. This coin only weighs half a gram!
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Habbari dynasty of SindhHabbari dynasty of Sindh (near Indus river)
855-884 AD,
A silver 'damma' of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, Habbari amirs were the first Islamic campaigners from Abbasid caliph on their way to India but however they couldn't get past the Hindu Pratiharas, so they settled in Sindh. At first, they were under the control of the Abbasids, but later they split and started ruling autonomously. This coin only weighs half a gram!JayAg47
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Islamic glass coin weightGlass weights were used, primarily, as weight standards against which a quantity of struck gold [dinars] and silver [dirhams] and sometimes copper [fals, fulus (pl.)] were weighed since the weights of the individual coins varied significantly more than those of the glass weights. In addition, glass weights from the Umayyad and early 'Abbasid periods often included extensive data such as the name of a governor, his financial officer and the intended weightTanit
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Sinjar). Qutb al-Din Muhammad. AH 594-616 / AD 1197-1219. Æ Dirhem, Sinjar mint. Uncertain AH date.Obv. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed male Roman-style bust left, holding spear or scepter over shoulder and shield; tamgha before, mint name and [AH date] around.
Rev. Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi in five lines across field; name continued to right and left; Zengid tamgha in exergue.
References: S&S 81; Album 1880.2.
Brown patina, 25mm and 9.25 grams.Canaan
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ISLAMIC, Delhi Sultanate, Muhammed Bin Tughlaq, AV DinarDelhi Sultanate, Muhammed Bin Tughlaq, AV Dinar, 10.9g, In the name of Caliph al-Mustakfi, Daulatabad mint, AH 745 / 1345 AD, Ref: GG D-425
Obv: fi zaman al-imam al-mustakfi billah amir al-mu'minin abu' rabi sulaiman khallada allah khilafatahu
(In the time/reign of the Caliph al-Mustakfi billah, Commander of the Faithful, Father of the Victorious, May God Perpetuate his Kingdom)
Rev: duriba hadha al-dinar al-khalifati fi daulatabad shahr sana kham'sa wa arba'oun wa sa'bamia
(was struck this Dinar of the Caliphate in the city of Daulatabad in the year five and forty and seven hundred)
The coins Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (MBT) struck in the name of Abbasid caliphs of Egypt instead of his own name are called the Khilafat or Caliphate issues. Just as the Prophet is the viceregent of God and the Caliph is the viceregent of the Prophet, the monarch is viceregent of the Caliph. No Muslim king could hold the title of Sultan unless there be a covenant between him and the Caliph. The recognition of the supremacy of the Caliph was therefore paramount.
In AH 740 / 1339 AD ie the later part of his rule, MBTs reign was faltering with the Delhi Sultanate facing multiple rebellions across the country. In the south, MBT had lost control of the Deccan with both Vijayanagar Kingdom and Bahamani Sultanate established independent of Delhi Sultanate's control. Besides loss of territory and the fragmentation of the Sultanate, MBT was also struck with doubt about the legitimacy of his reign. MBT therefore sought out the whereabouts of the Caliph and did not rest content until he had made the discovery of the presence of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustakfi in exile at Cairo, and applied to him for royal investiture. However, unknown to MBT, the Caliph al-Mustakfi had died in that very same year ie AH 740. Meanwhile, anticipating such investiture and to reflect his subservience to the Caliph, MBT struck Gold Dinars in the name of Caliph al-Mustakfi Billah in AH 741. Four years after Caliph al-Mustakfi's death, when the new Caliph al-Hakim II’s envoy reached MBT conveying him with the Caliphal edict, robe of honour and conferring him the title of nasir amir al-mu'minin, MBT at once struck coins in the name of al-Hakim.
MBTs religious devotion to the Caliph and emotional behaviour towards the Caliph's envoys were so ludicurous as to call forth a contemptuous comment from the contemporary chronicler Ziyauddin Barani. So great was the faith of the Sultan in the Abbasid Khalifas, says he, that he would have sent all his treasures in Delhi to Egypt, had it not been for the fear of robbers. But the Sultan must have sent a substantial amount, because when Ghiyasuddin, who was only a descendant of the extinct Caliphal house of Baghdad, visited India, Muhammad's bounty knew no bounds. He gave him a million tanka's (400,000 dinars), the fief of Kanauj, and the fort of Siri, besides such valuable articles as gold and silver wares, pages and slave girls. One thousand dinars were given for head-wash, a bath-tub of gold, and three robes on which in place of knots or buttons there were pearls as large as big hazel nuts. If this was given to a scion of a house which had become defunct, how much more was sent to the living Caliph at Cairo can only be surmised.
As can be expected on Caliphate issues, great care and attention was taken in the style and design of these coins as these reflected the high reverence, esteem and devotion of MBT towards the Caliph. The calligraphy on the coin is exquisite and breath takingly beautiful. The date on the coin (AH 745) indicates this was the last year when Gold Dinar's were struck in the name of Caliph al-Mustakfi Billah as soon thereafter, following the arrival of Caliph's envoy and confirmation of death of Caliph al-Mustakfi, coins were struck in the name of the new Caliph, al-Hakim. Although the coin legend states the coin as a dinar, the weight standard is that of a tanka. The Gold Dinar's in the name of Caliph al-Mustakfi Billah were struck from only 2 mints - Daulatabad and Dehli, with Daulatabad issue classified as Rare by Goron & Goenka.
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ISLAMIC, Fatimids, Caliph al-Mustansir Billah, AV Dinar, Misr (Cairo) mintFatimids, Caliph al-Mustansir Billah, Gold Dinar, 21mm, 4.12 g, Misr (Cairo) mint, dated AH 472 (AD 1079 / 1080)
The featured specimen is a lovely example and the most distinctive of the "bulls-eye" type coinage introduced by the Fatimid's. It is visually very striking and immediately grabs attention with its unusual legend arrangement and calligraphy. This coin is of the type first used by al-Mustansir Billah's great-great grandfather, al-Mu‘izz.
Obverse Legends
Inner circle
la ilah illa allah muhammad rasul allah
“no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God”
Middle circle
wa ‘ali afdal al-wasiyyin wa wazir khayr al-mursilin
“and ‘Ali is the most excellent of the caretakers and the vizier of the best of the messengers”
Outer circle
muhammad rasul allah arsalahu bi’l-huda wa din al-haqq li-yuzhirahu ‘ala al-din kullihi wa law kariha al-mushrikun
“Muhammad is the messenger of God who sent him with guidance and the religion of truth that he might make it supreme over all other religions, even though the polytheists detest it” Sura 9 (al-Tawba) v. 33
Reverse Legends
Inner circle
al-mustansir billah amir al-mu’minin
“al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Faithful”
Middle circle
da’a al-imam ma’add li-tawhid illa lahu al-samad
“the Imam Ma‘add summons all to confess the unity of God the eternal”.
Outer circle
bism allah duriba hadha’l-dinar bi-misr sana ith'nain‘ wa sab'ain wa arba‘mi’a
“in the name of God, this dinar was struck in Misr the year two and seventy and four hundred”
Al-Mustansir’s sixty-year reign was one of the longest in the history of Islam. He was only seven years old at the time of his accession, but was led by his wazir Abu’l-Qasim al-Jarjara‘i until he was old enough to rule on his own.
During his reign new dynasties emerged, while others either disappeared from the scene or shifted their alliances. The Zirids in the Maghrib, for so long allies of the Fatimids, transferred their allegiance to the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad.
In 447 H (1055 AD) the Saljuq dynasty of Iran and Iraq took the place of the Buyids, who, in 334 (946), had brought an end to the Abbasids’ temporal power. For a short time the Fatimids took advantage of this situation.
Ever since their arrival in Egypt in 358 (969) they had coveted the city of Baghdad, and in 450 (1058) a Saljuq military officer by the name of al-Basasiri took up the Fatimid cause.
Using money and supplies provided by al-Mustansir, he marched into Baghdad while the Saljuq leader Tughril Beg was away, and had the khutba (the imam’s speech before Friday prayer) read and coins struck in al-Mustansir’s name.
This proved to be a brief adventure, for the next year al-Mustansir withdrew his financial support, and an angry Tughril Beg drove al-Basasiri out of Baghdad. When his successor Alp Arslan occupied Aleppo in 473 (1080) he caused the Fatimid caliph’s name to be omitted from the khutba in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
While there were internal disturbances and frequent wars throughout al-Mustansir’s long reign, Fatimid Egypt was well administered and prosperous, thanks to rich revenues and gold from Africa. Industry and agriculture thrived, and it was a time of intellectual, literary and artistic brilliance. It was then that the first university was established in the Muslim world, al-Ahzar, which is still active today.
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ISLAMIC, Glass coin weightGlass coin weight.
Glass weights were used, primarily, as weight standards against which a quantity of struck gold [dinars] and silver [dirhams] and sometimes copper [fals, fulus (pl.)] were weighed since the weights of the individual coins varied significantly more than those of the glass weights. In addition, glass weights from the Umayyad and early 'Abbasid periods often included extensive data such as the name of a governor, his financial officer and the intended weightTanit
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Kingdom of JERUSALEM . Imitative of Damascus Dirham of Ayyubid al-Salih Isma'il and the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir, 1244 - 1250Kingdom of JERUSALEM . Imitative of Damascus Dirham of Ayyubid al-Salih Isma'il and the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir, 1244 - 1250
2.894g, 22.9mm, Acre(?) mint, 1244 - 1250
obverse : Arabic legends: in center: "al-Malik al-Salih / Imad al-Dunya wa'l-Din / Isma'il b. Abi Bakr", in margins: "In the name of God, struck in Damascus year 641 (or another year)" (or similar, blundered, margins mostly off flan)
reverse : Arabic legends: in center: "al- Imam / Al-Mustansir / billah Abu Ja'far / al-Mansur Amir al-Mu'mininin", in margins: "There is no god but God alone; none is associated with him; Muhammad is the Messenger of God" (or similar, blundered, margins mostly off flan).
Bates Crusader type I, Balog 36 - 37 ; CCS 3
Ex Alex G. Malloy ; Ex FORUM Vladislav D
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Mu‘izz al-Din Sanjarshah DirhamZangids of al-Jazira, Mu‘izz al-Din Sanjarshah, AH 576-605 / AD 1180-1208. Dirham (Bronze, mm, 15.56 g, h), al-Jazira.
Obv: Zengid tamgha; names and titles of al-Mu'azzam Mahmud and Wali 'Ahad al-Zahir in outer margin.
Rev: Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Rum Seljuq overlord in three lines; mint formula and AH date in margins.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 86; Album A1883.
Condition: Very fine. Rare.
Gorny & Mosch.
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Najm al-Din Alpi AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Artuqids (Mardin) Dirham AEObv. Two diademed male heads facing slightly away from one another; Kalima above and below, name of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustanjid to right and left.
Rev. Female head facing; name and titles of Alpi around.
References: Whelan Type IV; S&S Type 30.1; Album 1827.5
30mm, 11.3gCanaan
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Seljuq of Rum. Sultan Ala ad-Din Kayqubad I b. Kaykhusraw (616-634 A.H = 1220-1237 A.D.), citing Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur al-Mustansir (623-640 A.H. = 1226-1242 A.D.)Album 1213.3; Izmirlier __; Album 1213.3
AE fals (inscriptional type); undated and without mint: 3.49 g., 22.75 mm. max., 90°
Obv.: Border of dots, Ala ad-Din Kayqubad in three lines.
Rev.: Border of dots, al-Imam al-Mustansir billah in three lines
Attribution courtesy of mazdaro.Stkp
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Sogdiana, Bukhara: Turco-Hephthalite lords of Bukhara in the name of the Abbasid caliph al-Amin (809-813) BI Drachm (Album-96, MACW-1396)Obv: Bukharan-style bust facing right with Arabic legend around, commencing at 5 o'clock
Rev: Fire altar; bust of Ahura Mazda in flames right on altar. Stylized attendants to either side.
Quant.Geek
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Sogdiana, Bukhara: Turco-Hephthalite lords of Bukhara in the name of the Abbasid caliph al-Mahdhi (775-785) BI Drachm (Album-94, MACW-1395)Obv: Bust in the style of the Sasanian king Varhran V facing right. Sogdian legend Pwy'r ywB k'y 'King-Emperor of Bukhara' to right; Arabic legend 'al-Mahdi' behind head.
Rev: Fire altar; bust of Ahura Mazda in flames right on altar. Stylized attendants to either side. Quant.Geek
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Tabaristan, Abbasid Governors Khurshid (740-761 A.D.), AR-Hemidrachm, Malek 42 Album 56, #1Tabaristan, Abbasid Governors Khurshid (740-761 A.D.), AR-Hemidrachm, Malek 42 Album 56, #1
avers: Bust of Khurshid right, wearing winged crown with star and crescent, inside the border, crescents with stars at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock, Islamic legend between 3 and 6 o'clock.
reverse: Fire altar with two attendants standing facing, both hands on sword hilt, crescents on heads, left side the date (in PYE), in th right site the mint (Tabaristan), all inside triple dotted-border, crescents with stars at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock, between the crescents with stars three-three dots.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 23mm, weight: 1,85g, axes: 3h,
mint: Tabaristan, date: PYE (Post Yazdgard Era) 106, 756/757 A.D., ref: Malek 42 Album 56,
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TABARISTAN, Abbasid Governors. 'Umar ibn al-'Ala. AR hemidrachm. Year: 124 (768 CE).(2.08 gm; 22 mm). Tabaristan mint. Crowned Sasanian style bust right / Fire altar flanked by attendants; stars flanking flames. Malek 77; Album 56.
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Zangids of Mosul, Badr al Din Lu'lu'. AE27 DirhemObv: Diademed classical head left in dotted square, with star; mint and date around.
Rev: Legend in four lines citing the Abbasid caliph al-Mustansir, the Zengid ruler Lu'lu', and the Ayyubid sultans al-Kamil and al-Ashraf.
Ref: Edhem 146; Album 1874.1. SS-68 Dated AH 631 (1233/34 AD). 7.35g.
Exceptional, looks uncirculated. Simon
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