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Dirham - al-Mansur al-Muhammadiya
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 761 |
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| Currency | Dinar (750-1517) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Entirely epigraphic design in the Abbasid aniconic tradition. The central field bears a three-line Kufic inscription within concentric circular borders reading 'Muhammad is the Messenger of God.' The surrounding marginal legend carries the Quranic verse from Surah At-Tawbah (9:33), inscribed in angular Kufic script around the periphery. The coin is bounded by a finely executed pellet border, consistent with Abbasid hammered silver dirhams of the mid-second century AH. The flan is slightly irregular in shape, typical of hand-struck coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | مركز الدائرة: محمد رسول الله الهامش: محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون (Translation: Circle center: Muhammad is the Messenger of God. External margin: 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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