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Dirham - al-Muhtadi
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 869-870 |
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| Currency | Dinar (750-1517) |
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| Obverse description | Typical Abbasid hammered silver dirham of aniconic design, struck on an irregularly shaped flan. The central field bears the shahada in three horizontal lines of elegant Kufic script, arranged within a plain inner circle. A circular inner marginal legend surrounds the central inscription, containing the mint and date formula in Arabic, with the basmala opening. The outer annular legend carries the Quranic verse from Sura 9:33 (al-Tawbah), separated from the inner margin by a beaded border. The overall execution is characteristic of mid-third-century AH Abbasid coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له محمد رسول الله Inner margin: بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بـ [mint] سنة [year] Outer margin: محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون |
| Reverse description | The reverse field displays the Abbasid dynastic formula in Kufic script arranged in three to four horizontal lines, with the caliph's laqab al-Muhtadi billah prominently featured. The uppermost line reads 'lillah' (to God), followed by 'Muhammad' and the regnal title 'al-Muhtadi billah' in the lower registers. A circular inner marginal band contains a Quranic inscription, while the outer margin is separated by a beaded border and carries a further Quranic verse. The hammered flan shows typical irregular edges and flat fields consistent with Abbasid provincial mint production of 255–256 AH. |
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