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Dinar - Al-Mansur Billah
| Issuer | Fatimid Caliphate |
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| Year | 946-953 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse lettering | al-imam / la ilah / illa allah / al-mansur billah bism allah duriba hadha'l-dinar bi'l-mahdiyya shahr ramadan fi sana sab' wa thalathin wa thalathmi'a (Translation: Field: "the Imam, no god but God, al-Mansur billah." Margin: "in the name of God, this dinar was struck in al-Mahdiyya the month of Ramadan in the year seven and thirty and three hundred.") |
| Reverse description | Aniconic reverse bearing three lines of angular Kufic script in the central field reading 'isma'il / muhammad / rasul allah / amir al-mu'minin', enclosed within a double circular border. The marginal legend carries the Quranic citation from Sura 9 (al-Tawba), verse 33, rendered in continuous Kufic script around the periphery of the coin. The lettering exhibits the deeply struck, angular character typical of early Fatimid gold coinage, with a flat, unornamented field. The irregular flan shape is consistent with hand-struck medieval Islamic gold coinage produced by the al-Mahdiyya mint. The reverse inscription affirms both Prophetic legitimacy and the Imam's political authority as Commander of the Faithful. |
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| Mintage | ND (946-953) - al-Mahdiyya |
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