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Dinar - Ibrahim
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 818-819 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the name of the Abbasid prince Ibrahim arranged in horizontal lines of Kufic script, preceded by the name of the Prophet Muhammad and followed by his title 'Amir al-Mu'minin' (Commander of the Faithful). The mint and date formula appears in the outer marginal legend, citing Baghdad as the place of striking and the year 202 AH (818-819 CE). The entire design consists exclusively of epigraphy on an undecorated field, consistent with the aniconic tradition of Abbasid gold coinage. The flan is irregularly shaped and slightly convex, as is typical of hand-struck dinars of this period. |
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| Reverse lettering | لله محمد إبراهيم أمير المؤمنين بسم الله ضرب هذا الدينار بـ بغداد سنة اثنتين ومائتين |
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Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi seized the caliphate in Baghdad in 817 after the death of al-Amin's successor al-Ma'mun was falsely reported, ruling as an anti-caliph for roughly two years before al-Ma'mun's forces closed in and he was forced to flee. Coins struck in his name represent one of the shortest and most politically precarious reigns in Abbasid history — his authority never extended far beyond Iraq, and the window for die production was narrow.
Album 224 pieces are scarce precisely because Ibrahim's minting operation collapsed before it could produce in volume.