Islamic coin – HCR16484

Obverse

Inscription:

لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / علي ولي الله

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, mint mark 'mīm' above field inscription, enclosed by three linear circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear circle

Reverse

Inscription:

الملك السيد / المكرم عظيم / العرب سلطان / امير المؤمنين

Design:

Arabic inscription in field, min mark 'bā'' above field inscription, enclosed by two separated linear circles, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear circle

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Ṣulayḥids

Reign

al-Mukarram Aḥmad

Person

al-Mukarram Aḥmad, 1082 - 1092 (ruler/authority)

Mint

‘Adan (Islamic)

Denomination

Dinar

Material

gold

Technique

struck

Dating

523 AH (=AD 1129)

Note

very barbarous engraving, with numerous spelling errors in fields and margins

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.325

Axis

Diameter (mm)

21.8

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

21/6/1965

Source

A. H. Baldwin's

Translation (obverse)

there is no god but God, Muḥammad is the messenger of God, ‘Alī, God's Crown

Secondary inscription (obverse)

بسم الله صرب هذا الدينر بعدن سنة احدى و عشرة و خمسمائة

Translation (obverse)

in the name of God, this dinar struck in ‘Adan (in) the year 523

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

al-Malik the lord al-Mukarram the Great, Sultan of the Arabs, commander of the believers

Secondary inscription (reverse)

الامام المنصور ابو علي الامر باحكام الله امير المؤمنين صلوات الله عليه

Translation (reverse)

the Īmām Ma‘ad Abū Tamīn al-Mustanṣir billāh, commander of the believers

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 10 : 425

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson