Three lines of text surrounded by one more circular line of writing. Externally, a pair of concentric circles with intermittently connected by small rings.
Obverse lettering
لااله الا
الله وحده
لا شرك له
بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بواسط سنة تمان و عشرين و مئتين (Translation: There is no god except the one God. He has no equal. ----------------------------- In the name of God, this dirham was struck at Wasit in the year three and twenty and one hundred)
Obverse script
Arabic
Reverse description
Four lines of text surrounded by a pair of concentric circles with one more circular line of writing in between them. Circular line of writing illegible.
Reverse lettering
الله احد الله
الصمد لم يلد و
لم يولد ولم يكن
له كفوا احد
محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره
المشركون (Translation: He is God, the One and Only God, the Eternal, and Absolute, who has not begotten, and has not been begotten and there is none like unto Him. ---------------------------- Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, sent him by guidance and the religion of truth to show him on all religion, even if the polytheists hated him)