Summary
Dinar coin issued by the Abassid Caliph Ja'far al-Muqtadir (908-932 AD). Struck at the Madinat al Salam (or Medeenet-es-Selam) (Baghdad) mint in the year 304AH (916-917 AD).
Obverse Description
At centre within two circles of Kufic script, five lines of Kufic script
Reverse Description
At centre Arabic legend (Kufic script) in five lines (translation: To Allah Mohammad is the messenger of Allah el-Muqtabir billah - source: Plant p.48); around, one circle of Kufic script
Edge Description
Plain
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase from Spink (Australia), May 1984
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Date Issued
304 AH
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Issued By
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Mint
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Denomination
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Material
gold
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Axis
03
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Classification
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Type of item
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Dimensions
23 mm (Outside Diameter), 4.022 g (Weight)
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Exhibition Collection Management
23 mm (Width)
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Shape
Round
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References
cf.BMC.419 but date 304
[Book] Poole, Stanley L. 1875. Catalogue of Oriental Coins in the British Museum. I., 144 Pages
[Book] Plant, Richard J. Arabic Coins and how to read them., 48 Pages
[Book] Codrington, O. 1904. A Manual of Musalman Numismatics., 23 Pages