Lot 3281
ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Jalal al-Dawlah Malikshah I, AH 465-485 / AD 1072-1092. Dinar (Electrum, 25 mm, 3.84 g, 1 h), Harat (Herat), AH 484 = AD 1091/2. Within a circle, citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Muqtadi bi-amr Allah (AH 467-487 / AD 1075-1094), ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Muqtadī bi-amr Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Muqtadi bi-amr Allah’ in deteriorated Arabic); the name of the caliph repeated in the left field; in the inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Harāt sana arbaʿ wa thamānīn wa arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Harat in the year 484’ in deteriorated 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 deteriorated Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5). Rev. Within a circle, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-sulṭān al-muʿaẓẓam / shāhānshāh al-aʿẓam / Muʿizz al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / Malikshāh’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The Great Sultan, the Supreme King of Kings, Muʿizz al-Dunya wa al-Din Malikshah’ in Arabic); the marginal legend almost entirely off flan. Album 1675. Rare. Areas of weakness and with light scratches, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Judge Hans-Joachim Specht (1935-2024), started in 1963.
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Closing time: 17-Mar-25, 15:32:30 CET
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