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Dirham - al-Rashid
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 804 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears three horizontal lines of Kufic Arabic inscription enclosed within an inner circle. A single marginal legend in Kufic script runs along the outer periphery of the flan. The inscriptions are crisply struck in the hammered tradition, with characteristic slight irregularity of the flan edge. No figural imagery is present, consistent with Islamic aniconic numismatic convention. The layout follows the standard Abbasid dirham format established under the reforms of Abd al-Malik. |
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| Obverse lettering | The text in the middle: لا اله الا الله وحده لا شرك له (Translation: The text in the middle: la ilaha `illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah There is no diety except | (the one) God alone | He has no equal) |
| Reverse description | Central field displays four horizontal lines of Kufic Arabic inscription, the uppermost containing the shahada continuation with the name of the Prophet. A single marginal legend in Kufic script encircles the outer border of the flan. The reverse follows the standard Abbasid typological formula with all decoration restricted to sacred calligraphic text. The mint name and regnal year are incorporated within the marginal or field inscriptions in accordance with Abbasid administrative practice. The strike is characteristic of the Madinat Balkh mint output of the early ninth century AH. |
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