Islamic coin – HCR16498

Obverse

Inscription:

داود / السلطان الملك / المجاعد سيف الاسلام / علي بن الملك / المؤيد

Design:

star centre, enclosed by linear circle, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Reverse

Inscription:

و دين الحق / بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم / لا اله الا الله محمد / رسول الله ارسله / بالهدى

Design:

star centre, enclosed by linear circle, Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by linear circle, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin, all enclosed by linear and pointillate circles

Information

Period

Islamic

Dynasty

Rasūlid

Reign

al-Mujāhid ‘Alī

Person

al-Mujāhid ‘Alī, 1321 - 1363 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Ḥiṣn Ta‘izz (Islamic)

Denomination

Dirham

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

728? AH (=AD 1327-1328)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.82

Axis

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

15/10/1997

Source

H. Simmons

Source of funds

A. W. Pullan Bequest

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by A. W. Pullan, 1989-1996. XXX.

Translation (obverse)

Dā’ūd, the Sultan al-Malik al-Mujāhid, the Sword of Islam, ‘Alī b. al-Malik al-Mu’ayyad

Secondary inscription (obverse)

الامام المستعسم بالله / امير المؤمنين ضرب با / حصن تعز سنة خمسين / و ستمائة

Translation (obverse)

the Īmām al-Musta‘ṣim billāh, the commander of the believers, in Ḥiṣn Ta‘izz (in) the year 728?

Script (obverse)

Arabic

Translation (reverse)

Secondary inscription (reverse)

ليظهره على الدين / كله الائمة وَضي الله / عنهم ابو بكر / عمر عثمان علي

Translation (reverse)

to proclaim it over all religion, the Īmāms, may God be pleased with them, Abū Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthmān, ‘Alī

Script (reverse)

Arabic

Reference

SICA 10 : 59

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

TJonson