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1/2 Dirham - al-Aziz Billeh
| Issuer | Fatimid Caliphate |
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| Year | 980-983 |
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| Value | 1/2 Silver Dirham (0.45) |
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| Obverse description | Concentric circle design typical of Fatimid silver coinage, featuring multiple raised annular rings radiating outward from a central pellet. Arabic religious legends in Kufic script are distributed across the inner field segments between the concentric bands, with additional inscriptions arranged in the outer marginal legend zone. The irregular flan exhibits the characteristic hand-struck quality of hammered medieval Islamic coinage, with a dentilated or rope-pattern border encircling the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse design mirrors the concentric circle format of the obverse, with multiple raised rings surrounding a central pellet set within a plain inner circle. Kufic Arabic inscriptions, likely containing the mint name, regnal date, and Ismaili Shi'a religious formulae, are distributed between the annular bands and within the outer marginal legend. The hammered flan displays an irregular, slightly scalloped edge consistent with hand-struck Fatimid fractional silver issues of the later tenth century. |
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| Mintage | ND - (fr) Al-Aansuriyah - ND - (fr) Al-Iskindiriyah - ND - (fr) Al-Mahdiyah - ND - (fr) Al-Qahirah - ND - (fr) Al-Qayrawan - ND - (fr) Filastin - ND - (fr) Sur - ND - (fr) Tarablus - 370 (980) - (fr) Al-Mahdiyah - 373 (983) - (fr) Al-Mahdiyah - |
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