Dinar - Al-Mustansir Billah

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IssuerFatimid Caliphate
Year1036-1094
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Dinar
CurrencyDinar (909-1171)
CompositionGold
Weight4.08 g
Dimensions21 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) A#719A
Obverse description
Obverse scriptArabic
Obverse letteringla ilah illa allah muhammad rasul allah wa ‘ali afdal al-wasiyyin wa wazir khayr al-mursilin muhammad rasul allah arsalahu bi’l-huda wa din al-haqq li-yuzhirahu ‘ala al-din kullihi wa law kariha al-mushrikun
(Translation: Inner circle: “no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God”  Middle circle: “and ‘Ali is the most excellent of the caretakers and the vizier of the best of the messengers”  Outer circle: “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 detest it”  Sura 9 (al-Tawba) verse 33)
Reverse description
Reverse scriptArabic
Reverse letteringal-mustansir billah amir al-mu’minin da’a al-imam ma’add li-tawhid illa lahu al-samad bism allah duriba hadha’l-dinar bi-misr sana sab‘ wa sittin wa arba‘mi’a
(Translation: Inner circle: “al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Faithful”  Middle circle: “the Imam Ma‘add summons all to confess the unity of God the eternal”.  Outer circle: “in the name of God, this dinar was struck in Misr the year seven and sixty and four hundred”)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (1036-1094)  - al-Iskandariya -
ND (1036-1094)  - Misr -
ND (1036-1094)  - Sur -
ND (1036-1094)  - Trablus -
Catalog ID9438488920
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