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Dinar - Sebuktekin
| Issuer | Ghaznavid dynasty |
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| Year | 995 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | The obverse field is occupied by a multi-line Arabic Kufic legend arranged in horizontal registers within a plain inner circle. The central inscription contains the Shahada and the honorific titles and name of the Ghaznavid governor Sebuktekin (Nasir al-Din wa al-Dawla Sabuktigin), along with the mint and date formula recording the striking of this dinar in the city of Herat in the year 385 AH. A continuous marginal legend in Arabic script runs around the inner border, separated from the central field by a linear circle, with a further outer marginal band completing the design. The entire composition is executed in the aniconic, epigraphic tradition characteristic of Islamic gold coinage of the late 4th century AH. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | الملک المحمود نوح بن منصور محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدی و دین الحق لیظهره علی الدین کله و لو کره المشرکون (Translation: Al-Malik al-Mahmud Nuh ibn Mansur; Muhammad is the Messenger of God, who sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, to make it prevail over all religions, even if the polytheists are averse) |
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