Lot 2961
ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid, AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. Dinar (Gold, 24 mm, 4.27 g, 11 h), Harran, AH 285 = 898/9. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Ḥarrān sana khams wa thamānīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Harran in the year 285’ in Arabic); in the outer margin, ‘li-llāh al-amr min qabl wa min baʿd wa yawmaʾidhin yafraḥu al-muʾminūn bi naṣr Allāh’ (‘To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice with the help of Allah’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5). Rev. ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muʿtaḍid billāh’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muʿtadid billah’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic). Album 241. Rare. Flan bent and straigthened, otherwise, very fine.

From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years.
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360 CHF
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Closing time: 26-Feb-24, 13:45:00 CET
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