| Issuer | Fatimid Caliphate |
| Year | 996-1021 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1 Dinar |
| Currency | Dinar (909-1171) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 4.21 g |
| Dimensions | 22 mm |
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| Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
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| Obverse description | |
| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | la ilah illa allah / wahdahu la sharik
lahu / muhammad rasul allah / ‘ali wali allah
muhammad rasul allah arsalahu bi’l-huda wa din al-haqq li-yuzhirahu
‘ala al-din kullihi wa law kariha al-mushrikun (Translation: Field: “no god but God, unique He has no associate. Muhammad is the messenger of God, Ali is the chosen one of God” Margin: “Muhammad is the messenger of God who sent him with guidance and the religion of truth that he might make it supreme over all other religions, even though the polytheists may detest it.” Sura 9 (al-Tawba), verse 33) |
| Reverse description | |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
| Reverse lettering | abd allah wa waliyuhu / al-imam
al-hakim bi-amr allah / amir al-mu’minin wa ‘abd al-rahim / wali
‘ahd al-muslimin
bism allah duriba hadha’l-dinar bi-misr sana tis‘ wa
arba‘mi’a (Translation: Field: “the Servant of God and his associate, the Imam al-Hakim bi-amr Allah, Commander of the Faithful, and ‘Abd al-Rahim, the chosen heir of the Muslims” Margin: “in the name of God, this dinar was struck in Misr in the year nine and four hundred”) |
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| Mintage | ND
(996-1021) - Misr - |
| Catalog ID | 3934203130 |
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