'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dinar (Gold, 20 mm, 4.21 g, 8 h), Post-reform Abbasid dinar with double marginal inscription naming the heir al-Amīn, No mint (Madinat al-Salām), AH 185 = AD 801/2. Central field, in three lines: lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahu / lā sharīka lahu (‘There is no god but God alone, He has no associate’ in Arabic). Margin: Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahu bi-l-hudā wa-dīn al-ḥaqq li-yuẓhirahu ʿalā al-dīn kullihi wa-law kariha al-mushrikūn (‘Muhammad is the Messenger of God, whom He sent with guidance and the religion of truth to make it prevail over all religion, even though the polytheists may dislike it’ in Arabic). Rev. Central field, in three lines: Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh (‘Muhammad is the Messenger of God’ in Arabic). Inner margin: mimmā amara bihi al-amīr Muḥammad ibn Amīr al-Muʾminīn (‘By order of the amir Muḥammad, son of the Commander of the Faithful’ in Arabic). Outer margin: bi-sm Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār sanat khams wa-thamānīn wa-miʾa (‘In the name of God, this dinar was struck in the year one hundred and eighty-five’ in Arabic). Album 218.3. Bernardi 75. Bumps and scratches, otherwise, very fine.



This issue belongs to the distinctive Madinat al-Salām series with a double marginal reverse inscription formally naming al-Amīn Muḥammad prior to his accession, reflecting the public articulation of succession during the reign of Hārūn al-Rashīd.