Islamic coin – HCR14622

Obverse

Inscription:

لله / لا اله الا الله / وحده لا شريك له / القادر بالله / محمود

Design:

Arabic inscription in field with triangle of pellets at top left and right, enclosed by two plain circles with equidistant annulets, enclosed by mostly off flan Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

Inscription:

عدل / محمد رسول الله / يمين الدولة و امين / الملة نظام الد(ين) / ابو الق(سم)

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by two plain circles with equidistant annulets, enclosed by mostly illegible 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)

Mint

Unknown (Islamic)

Denomination

Dirham

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

410 AH (=AD 1019-1020)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.178

Axis

Diameter (mm)

20.1

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.

Translation (obverse)

for God, there is no god but God alone, He has no associate, al-Qādir billah, Maḥmūd

Secondary inscription (obverse)

fragment of mint/date formula

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

just, Muḥammad is the messenger of God, Yamīn al-Dawla wa āmīn milla, Nizām al-Dīn Abū al-Qasim

Secondary inscription (reverse)

fragment of Sura 30:3-4

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 8 : 477

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson