Islamic coin – HCR14658

Obverse

Inscription:

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

Design:

Arabic inscription in field with ornament above, enclosed by plain circle

Reverse

Inscription:

محمد / رسول الله جلال / الدولة و جمال / الملة ابو احمد / محمد بن محمود

Design:

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

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Ghaznavids

Reign

Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd (1st Reign)

Person

al-Qādir billah, 991 - 1031 (ruler/authority) , Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd (1st Reign), 1030 - 1030 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Ghazna (Ghaznayn) (Islamic)

Denomination

Dirham

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

421 AH (=AD 1030)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.874

Axis

Diameter (mm)

18.9

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)

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

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

Muḥammad is the messenger of God, Jalāl al-Dawla wa Jamāl al-Milla Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 8 : 486

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson