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Dirham - al-Qahir Avenger type
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 929-934 |
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| Weight | 3.44 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Arabic religious inscription arranged in horizontal lines within a plain inner border. The inscription, rendered in Kufic script, contains the Shahada and references to the Abbasid caliph al-Qahir Billah. A circular marginal legend in Kufic script runs along the outer border, separated from the central panel by a single line. The overall style is characteristic of the Avenger type coinage produced during the caliphate of al-Qahir (320-322 AH), with angular, densely packed Kufic letterforms typical of early 10th-century Abbasid silver coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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