Islamic coin – HCR13308

Obverse

Inscription:

ضرب بحلب سنة احدى و سبعين و خمسمائة

Design:

Diademed Roman bust to right with Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

Reverse

Inscription:

الله / المستضي بامر / امير المؤمنين / الملك الصالح / اسمعيل

Design:

Arabic inscription in field

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Fāṭimid Caliphate

Reign

al-Ṣāliḥ Ismā‘īl

Person

al-Mustaḍī, 1170 - 1180 (ruler/authority) , al-Ṣāliḥ Ismā‘īl, 1174 - 1182 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Ḥalab (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denomination

Fals

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

571 AH (=AD 1175-1176)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.53

Axis

Diameter (mm)

21.5

Acquisition method

loan

Source

Christ Church

Acquisition credit

Deposited by Christ Church, XXX.

Translation (obverse)

Struck in Ḥalab (in the) year 571

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

God, al-Mustaḍī b-Amr, commander of the faithful, the king al-Ṣāliḥ Ismā‘īl

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 6 : 846

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson