Islamic coin – HCR14655

Obverse

Inscription:

الملك / لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له / محمود

Design:

Arabic inscription in field with ornament to left and right, enclosed by plain circle, enclosed by illegible Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in margin

Reverse

Inscription:

يميني / محمد / رسول الله / القادر بالله / ظفط؟

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around

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

Fals

Material

copper

Technique

struck

Dating

circa 389-421 AH (=AD 998-1030)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.821

Axis

Diameter (mm)

25.1

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)

the King, there is no god but God alone, He has no associate, Maḥmūd

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

Yāmīnī, Muḥammad is the messenger of God, al-Qādir billah,

Secondary inscription (reverse)

مما امير به (الامير) السيد الملك المويد يمين الدولة ابو القسم

Translation (reverse)

from among the things ordered by the prince al-Sayyid al-Malik al-Mu’id Yamīn al-Dawla Abū Qāsim

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 8 : 483

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson