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Dinar - al-Rashid Harun, Commander of the faithful
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 786-809 |
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| Weight | 4.01 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Harun al-Rashid's coinage is a product of the Abbasid reform tradition established by his predecessor al-Mansur and refined under al-Mahdi — a system that stripped figural imagery from Islamic gold coinage entirely and replaced it with Quranic inscription, a shift so complete it defined the visual grammar of Islamic numismatics for centuries. Harun ruled at the apex of Abbasid power, the caliphate stretching from North Africa to Central Asia, and his mint output reflects a monetary administration of genuine sophistication.
Bernardi 58b places this among the more frequently encountered types of the reign, though die alignment and calligraphic execution vary considerably across the 23-year issue span.