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2 Dirhams - Abu Sa'id Type D

Issuer Ilkhanate
Year 1316-1365
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Value 2 Dirhams (1.4)
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Obverse description Central field bearing the Kalima (Islamic declaration of faith) in Arabic script, arranged in multiple lines, with the mint name incorporated into the inscription. The central device is encircled by the names of the four Rashidun caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali) distributed around the periphery within a dotted or linear border circle. The overall layout follows the standard Ilkhanid epigraphic style, with angular Kufic or Naskh lettering filling the field. No figural imagery is present, in accordance with Islamic artistic convention.
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Mint Arzanjan, modern-day Erzincan,Turkey
Baghdad, Iraq
Basra, Iraq
Bayburt, Turkey
Damighan, modern-day Damghan,Iran
Gumush Bazar, modern-day
Gümüşhacıköy, Turkey
Irbil, modern-day Erbil,Iraq
Kashan, Iran
Kazirun, modern-day Kazerun,Iran
Khilat, modern-day Ahlat,Turkey
Madinat Amul, modern-day Amol,Iran
Madinat Arzarum, modern-day
Erzurum, Turkey
Madinat Hamadhan, modern-day
Hamedan, Iran
Madinat Isbahan, modern-day
Isfahan, Iran
Maragheh, Iran
Mardin, Turkey
Qaysariyah, modern-day Sari,Iran
Rayy, modern-day Hasanabad,Iran
Tebriz, modern-day Tabriz,Iran
Tiflis, modern-day Tbilisi,Georgia
Yazd, Iran
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