Dinar - Ali az-Zahir

Issuer Fatimid Caliphate
Year 1021-1036
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Dinar
Currency Dinar (909-1171)
Composition Gold
Weight 4.21 g
Diameter 22 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Obverse description
Obverse script Arabic
Obverse lettering muhammad rasul allah / ‘ali wali allah la ilah illa / allah wahdahu / la sharik lahu muhammad rasul allah arsalahu bi’l-huda wa din al-haqq li-yuzhirahu ‘ala al-din kullihi wa law kariha al-mushrikun
(Translation: Field: “Muhammad is the messenger of God, Ali is the chosen one of God” Inner margin: “no god but God, unique, He has no associate” Outer 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 al-zahir li-i‘zaz din / allah amir al-mu’minin ‘abd allah wa waliyuhu ‘ali abu’l-hasan al-imam bism allah duriba hadha’l-dinar bi-misr sana sitt ‘ashr wa arba‘mi’a
(Translation: Field: “al-Zahir li-I‘zaz Din Allah, Commander of the Faithful” Inner margin: “servant of God and his associate ‘Ali Abu’l-Hasan the Imam” Outer margin: “in the name of God, this dinar was struck in Misr in the year sixteen and four hundred”)
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Mintage ND (1021-1036) - Misr -
Numisquare ID 8380495450
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