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⅙ 'Sudaysi' Dirham - al-Radi
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 934-940 |
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| Value | ⅙ Dirham (7⁄60) |
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| Obverse description | Crudely struck hammered silver flan bearing multiple lines of Kufic Arabic religious inscription arranged horizontally across the field, enclosed within a beaded border. The legends are disposed in a characteristic stacked format typical of Abbasid fractional dirhams of the sudaysi denomination. The script exhibits the angular, archaic Kufic style prevalent during the reign of Caliph al-Radi (AH 322–329). The overall strike is irregular and slightly off-center, consistent with hand-hammered production at provincial mints of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse field displays multiple horizontal lines of Kufic Arabic inscription within a beaded circular border, mirroring the obverse layout typical of Abbasid sudaysi fractional coinage. The legends contain the customary Abbasid religious formulae and mint or ruler references arranged in stacked Kufic script. The flan is small and irregular, reflecting the fractional nature of this one-sixth dirham issue. Strike is characteristic of hammered provincial mint production of the early fourth century AH. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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