Islamic coin – HCR10988

Obverse

Inscription:

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by three linear circles and six sets of equidistant annulets of sequence 'o ooo o ooo o ooo o'

Reverse

Inscription:

مما امر يزيد / محمد رسول / الله صلى الله عليه / و سلم الخليفة الهادي / بن مزيد

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 2h, all enclosed by traces of linear circle and equidistant annulets

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

ʿAbbāsid Caliphate

Reign

Al-Hadī

Person

al-Hadī, 785 - 786 (ruler/authority) , Yazīd b. Mazyad [al-Shaybānī] (governor)

Mint

al-Hārūnīya (Islamic)

Denomination

Dirham

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

170 AH (=AD 786-787)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.58

Axis

Diameter (mm)

25.3

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

M. Thorburn

Acquisition date

1966

Source

M. Thorburn Collection

Source of funds

Committee for Advanced Studies Fund

Acquisition credit

Purchased with the assistance of the Committee for Advanced Studies Fund, 1966.

Translation (obverse)

there is no god but God alone, He has no associate

Secondary inscription (obverse)

بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بالهرونية سنة سبعين و مئة

Translation (obverse)

in the name of God, this dirham struck in al-Hārūnīya (in) the year 170

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

by the command of Yazīd, Muḥammad is the messenger of God, praise of God upon him and peace, the Caliph al-Hadī, b. Mazyad

Secondary inscription (reverse)

محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله و لو كره المشركون

Translation (reverse)

Muḥammad is the messenger of God, He sent him with guidance and the true religion, that he may overcome all religion(s), even if the polytheists hate it

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 3 : 2054

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson