Islamic coin – HCR13381

Obverse

Inscription:

ضرب باربل / سنة اثنن / و ستماة؟

Design:

man riding on lion to left, Arabic inscription around beginning bottom, all enclosed by beaded circle

Reverse

Inscription:

الناصر لدين الله / امير المؤمنين / ملك الامرا / مظفر الدنيا / و الدين كوكبري

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by double-lined hexagram, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in segments, all enclosed by plain and beaded circles

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Begtegīnids

Reign

Kökbūrī, Muẓaffar al-Dīn Abū Naṣr

Person

al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh (magistrate) , Kökbūrī, Muẓaffar al-Dīn Abū Naṣr, 1168 - 1233 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Ḥarrān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denomination

Dirham

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

602 AH (=AD 1205-1206)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.11

Axis

Diameter (mm)

19.3

Acquisition method

loan

Source

Christ Church

Acquisition credit

Deposited by Christ Church, XXX.

Translation (obverse)

Muẓaffar al-Dīn, Kökbūrī b. ‘Alī

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

the King al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf b. Ayyūb

Secondary inscription (reverse)

ضرب / بحران / سنة . . . / ثمانين / و خمس / (مائة)

Translation (reverse)

struck in Ḥarrān (in the) year 58x

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 7 : 1192

Note:

Listed in SICA 7:1192 as a duplicate

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson