Islamic coin – HCR10990

Obverse

Inscription:

لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 130h, enclosed by three thin linear circles and six sets of equidistant annulets of sequence 'O oo O oo O oo'

Reverse

Inscription:

ابرهيم / محمد رسول الله / الخليفة الهادي / مما امر به هرون / بن امير المؤمنين / جرير

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription (Sura 9:33) anti-clockwise in margin from 130h, all enclosed by linear circle and five equidistant annulets

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

ʿAbbāsid Caliphate

Reign

Al-Hadī

Person

Hārūn al-Rashīd, 786 - 809 (ruler/authority) , al-Hadī, 785 - 786 (ruler/authority) , Jarīr (magistrate) , Ibrāhīm (Abbasid)

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)

2.67

Axis

Diameter (mm)

25.1

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)

Ibrāhīm, Muḥammad is the messenger of God, the Caliph al-Hadī, by the command of Hārūn, son of the commander of the believers, Jarīr

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 : 2053

Contributors to this coin record

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