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Amiri Dinar - al-Radi
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 934-940 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Hammered gold dinar of irregular flan, struck in the name of the Abbasid Caliph al-Radi Billah. The central field carries three lines of Kufic Arabic religious legend within a plain inner circle, declaring the Islamic profession of faith. A mint and date formula occupies the inner margin, while the outer margin bears a Quranic citation from Surah al-Tawbah (9:33) rendered in angular Kufic script. The overall composition is characteristic of classical Abbasid epigraphic coinage, with no figural imagery, relying entirely on calligraphic text for its decorative and devotional effect. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له محمد رسول الله Inner margin: بسم الله ضرب هذا الدينار بـ [Mint Name] سنة [Year] Outer margin: محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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