Islamic coin – HCR14564

Obverse

Inscription:

لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / نصر بن ناصر االدين

Design:

Arabic inscription in field with ornament above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

Inscription:

محمد رسول الله / يمين الدولة و / امين الملة ابو / الفاسم يميني

Design:

Arabic inscription in field with ornament above, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Ghaznavids

Reign

Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid)

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031 (ruler/authority) , Maḥmūd b. Sebuktegīn (Ghaznavid), 998/9-1030 (ruler/authority) , Nāṣr b. Sebuktegīn (governor)

Mint

Sijistān (Islamic) (stated mint)

Denomination

Dirham

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

401 AH (=AD 1010-1011)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.77

Axis

Diameter (mm)

27.4

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

M. Thorburn

Acquisition date

1966

Source

M. Thorburn

Source of funds

Committee for Advanced Studies Fund

Acquisition credit

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

formerly mounted, now mount removed

Translation (obverse)

Ridā, there is no god but God alone, He has no associate, al-Qādir billah, Naṣr b. Nāṣr al-Dīn

Secondary inscription (obverse)

بسم الله الرحمن؟ الرحيم؟ ضرب هذا الدرهم ب سنة احد اربعمائة

Translation (obverse)

(in the name of God), the Merciful?, the Compassionate?, this dirham struck in Sijistān (in the) year 401

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

for God, Muḥammad is the messenger of God, Yamīn al-Dawla wa āmīn milla Abū al-Qāsim Yamīnī

Secondary inscription (reverse)

لله الامر من قبل و من بعد و يومئذ يفرح المؤمنون

Translation (reverse)

with God is the decision, in the past and in the future: on that day shall the Believers rejoice

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 8 : 362

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson