Islamic coin – HCR11584

Obverse

Inscription:

محمد / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / ؟

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from 130h, all enclosed by pointiallate circle

Reverse

Inscription:

علي يدي / محمد رسول الله / محمد رسول {الله} / مما امر به السندي / بن يحيي الحرشي / ؟

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by pointillate circle, Arabic inscription in margin illegible but appears to be engraved clockwise, with letters pointing in towards centre

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

ʿAbbāsid Caliphate

Reign

al-Amīn

Person

al-Sindī b. Yaḥyā al-Ḥarashī (governor)

Mint

Wāsiṭ (Islamic)

Denomination

Fals

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

196 AH (= AD 811–812)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.698

Axis

Diameter (mm)

22.3

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)

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

Secondary inscription (obverse)

بسم الله ضرب {هذا الفلس بواسط سنة ست و تسع}ين و مئة

Translation (obverse)

in the name of God, this fals struck in Wāsiṭ (in) the year 1(96)

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

by the hands of, Muḥammad is the messenger of God, Muḥammad is the messenger of God, by the command of al-Sindī b. Yaḥyā al-Ḥarashī, ?

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 2 : 1627

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson