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1 Dinar - Ahmad bin 'Abd al-'Aziz Hamadan
| Issuer | Dulafid dynasty |
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| Year | 887 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Hammered gold dinar of irregular flan with multiple lines of Arabic Kufic inscription arranged in a central rectangular field. The obverse bears the shahada and mint/date formula reading that the dinar was struck at Hamadan in the year 287 AH. A circular marginal legend surrounds the central field, containing the Quranic formula. The inscriptions are executed in angular Kufic script typical of Abbasid-era provincial coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له محمد رسول الله بسم الله ضرب هذا الدينر بحمدان سنة سبع وثمانين وثمانمائة |
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| Mintage | 274 (887) |
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