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Fatimid, al-Mansur billah (AH 334-341 / AD 946-953) AV 1/4 Dinar. Siqilliya mint, al-Muharram AH 338 = Month of Muharram AD 950. "The Imam, there's no God except Him, al-Mansur billah" in four lines across field; Qur'an IX, 33 around / "Isma'il, Muhammd is the Messenger of God, Commander of the Faithful", in four lines across field; Mint and date formula around. Nicol Type A1, 206. 1.03g, 15mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine; lightly clipped with areas of flatness. Very Rare, only 2 specimens cited by Nicol.
In general in Islamic coinage it is very rare to find an indication of the month in which the coin is minted. The month of Muharram is the first month of the Muslim calendar and is one of the most important of the year, especially for the Shiites. The word "haram" from which it is derived means "forbidden". This appellation refers to the prohibition of war that characterises the four sacred months of the year (the others being Dhu al-Qi'dah, Dhu al-Hijjah and Rajab). It also recalls the austerity and privations forced on the Shiites in memory of the massacre of Husayn ibn Ali's supporters at the Battle of Karbala by the Umayyads of Caliph Yazid I in AH 61 (AD 680).
Near Very Fine; lightly clipped with areas of flatness. Very Rare, only 2 specimens cited by Nicol.
In general in Islamic coinage it is very rare to find an indication of the month in which the coin is minted. The month of Muharram is the first month of the Muslim calendar and is one of the most important of the year, especially for the Shiites. The word "haram" from which it is derived means "forbidden". This appellation refers to the prohibition of war that characterises the four sacred months of the year (the others being Dhu al-Qi'dah, Dhu al-Hijjah and Rajab). It also recalls the austerity and privations forced on the Shiites in memory of the massacre of Husayn ibn Ali's supporters at the Battle of Karbala by the Umayyads of Caliph Yazid I in AH 61 (AD 680).