Abbasid Caliphate. AL-MAHDI AR Dirham (AH 158-169)

ISLAMIC, ‘Abbasid Caliphate. AL-MAHDI AR Dirham (AH 158-169 / AD 775-785)

Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad, Iraq), AH 159 = AD 775/6.

Obverse : In the center: Proclamation of the oneness of God in three lines; In the margin: بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بمدينة السلام سنة تسع و خمسين و مئة (In the name of Allah, this Dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 159).

Reverse : In the center: Kalima with blessings for the Prophet and name of Caliph al-Mahdi in four lines; In the margin: Qur’an 9:33.

2.93 g.

SICA Vol. 3, 1611-1614. First year in which Dirhams of al-Mahdi have been struck.