Dirham - Anonymous Wasit

Location Umayyad Caliphate
Year 83-132
Type Coin replica
Composition Brass
Weight 3 g
Diameter 22.6 mm
Thickness 1 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Edge Smooth
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description Three lines of text surrounded by one more circular line of writing. Externally, a pair of concentric circles with intermittently connected by small rings.
Obverse script Arabic
Obverse lettering لااله الا الله وحده لا شرك له بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بواسط سنة تمان و عشرين و مئتين
(Translation: There is no god except the one God. He has no equal. ----------------------------- In the name of God, this dirham was struck at Wasit in the year three and twenty and one hundred)
Reverse description Four lines of text surrounded by a pair of concentric circles with one more circular line of writing in between them. Circular line of writing illegible.
Reverse script Arabic
Reverse lettering الله احد الله الصمد لم يلد و لم يولد ولم يكن له كفوا احد محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون
(Translation: He is God, the One and Only God, the Eternal, and Absolute, who has not begotten, and has not been begotten and there is none like unto Him. ---------------------------- Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, sent him by guidance and the religion of truth to show him on all religion, even if the polytheists hated him)
Mintage
Numisquare ID 1088848220
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