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1 Dinar - Ibrahim ibn Abi Bakr
| Issuer | Sijilmasa, City of |
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| Year | 1080/1081 (AH 473) |
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| Currency | Dinar (628/632-1598) |
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| Obverse description | Hammered gold dinar of irregular flan, bearing a central field with multi-line Arabic Kufic inscription arranged in four horizontal lines within a plain inner circle. The central legend reads the Shahada (profession of faith) and the mint and date formula, recording the striking of the dinar at Sijilmasa in the year 473 AH. A marginal legend in a concentric outer band encircles the central field, carrying additional religious text. The overall design is strictly epigraphic with no figural or geometric ornament, consistent with Almoravid-era monetary tradition. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse of hammered gold dinar, presenting a central field with multi-line Arabic Kufic inscription in four horizontal lines within a plain inner circle. The central legend names the ruler Ibrahim ibn Abi Bakr with his title Amir al-Muslimin, and includes the Quranic verse of the Mission (Quran 9:33). A continuous marginal inscription in a concentric outer band surrounds the central field, carrying further religious text. The design is entirely epigraphic, aniconic, and conforms to the standard Almoravid dinar typology, with well-spaced letter forms on a flat, slightly irregular flan. |
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| Mintage | 465 (1073) |
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