ISLAMIC, Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mansur silver dirham (AH 136-158)

ISLAMIC, Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur silver dirham (AH 136-158 / AD 754-775)

al-Rayy, AH 147 = 764/5.

Obverse : ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi al-Rayy sana sabʿ wa arbaʿīn wa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in al-Rayy in the year 147’ in Arabic).

Rev. Citing his son and heir al-Mahdi Muhammad within two concentric circles, ‘mimmā amara bihī / al-Mahdī Muḥammad / ibn amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘From that ordered by al-Mahdi Muhammad, son of the Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); in the margin: ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic).

2.94 gr.

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