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Dirham - al-Muqtadir Donative type - ornamental designs
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 907-932 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features the same large interlaced quatrefoil ornamental motif as the obverse, composed of four symmetrically arranged sinuous scrolls radiating from a central pellet, executed in crisp hammered relief. The design exemplifies the highly stylized decorative vocabulary of Abbasid coinage under al-Muqtadir, departing from the purely epigraphic format typical of standard Abbasid dirhams. A marginal Arabic religious legend encircles the ornamental central device along the border, invoking the Quranic verse and Prophetic titles. The irregular flan edge is consistent with hand-struck silver coinage of the early tenth century. The reverse composition mirrors the obverse, giving this donative type its distinctive double-ornamental character. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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