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Dinar - Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad al-Salam
| Issuer | Hamadan Sultanate |
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| Year | 1139 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Irregular hammered gold flan bearing multiple lines of Arabic Kufic-style script arranged in horizontal registers across the central field, without border ornamentation typical of later dynastic issues. The central legend proclaims the shahada and attributes sovereignty, with the Abbasid caliph al-Mustadi bi-Amr Allah named in the upper registers, affirming nominal suzerainty. The name Muhammad ibn Mahmud appears in the lower field, identifying the issuing sultan. The basmala is inscribed in the marginal or lower register. The overall design follows the epigraphic dinar tradition of the medieval Islamic world, with no figurative imagery. |
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| Reverse description | Irregular hammered gold flan with multiple horizontal registers of Arabic script filling the entire field in the epigraphic tradition of Seljuq-era dinars. The central legend proclaims the full honorific titulature of the sultan: al-Sultan al-Mu'azzam Mu'izz al-Dunya wa'l-Din, identifying the ruler Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad ibn Mahmud. A Quranic citation from Surah al-Rum (30:4–5) occupies the lower marginal register, invoking divine sanction for the reign. No figurative motifs are present, consistent with the aniconic epigraphic style of the period. The script is executed in a compact, multi-line arrangement characteristic of hammered gold dinars of the twelfth-century Iranian world. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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