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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Judean & Biblical Coins| > | Purim| > SH75698
Islamic, Abbasid Caliphate, Al-Qahir, Second Reign, AH 320 - 322, 932 - 934 A.D.
|| || || || |Purim|, |Islamic,| |Abbasid| |Caliphate,| |Al-Qahir,| |Second| |Reign,| |AH| |320| |-| |322,| |932| |-| |934| |A.D.|,
Al Qahir appointed himself caliph after his brother al-Muqtadir died. He was unforgiving and cruel. After two years his ministers had enough. He was imprisoned, blinded and replaced by his nephew al-Radi, a son of al-Muqtadir.

Hamedan, Iran (ancient Ecbatana), is believed to be among the oldest cities in the world. Hamadan was established by the Medes and was the capital of the Median empire. It then became one of several capital cities of the Achaemenid Dynasty. Hamadan is mentioned in the biblical book of Ezra as the place where a scroll was found giving the Jews permission from King Darius to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 6:2). Because it is a mile above sea level, it was a good place to preserve leather documents. The tomb in the photo on the right, located in Hamadan, is believed by some to hold the remains of the biblical Esther and her cousin Mordechai.		Hamadan Tomb
SH75698. Gold dinar, Bernardi 277mu (RR), Album 250.2, VF, areas of flat strike, Hamadhan mint, weight 4.104g, maximum diameter 27.0mm, die axis 0o, AH 321, 233 A.D.; from the Jyrki Muona Collection, ex CNG e-auction 235, lot 591; rare; SOLD










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