Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVII 28 Mar 2019
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Abbasid, time of al-Mansur (AH 136-158 / AD 754-775) AR Dirham. Al-Hashimiya, AH 146 = AD 764. First part of kalima in three lines across field; mint and date formula around / Continuation of kalima in three lines across field; Qur'an IX, 33 around. Cf. for the type Album 213.1; Lowick 1086; ICV 377. 2.92g, 25mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare - believed to be only the third recorded example of this date. This is the last known year during which al-Mansur continued to employ the "Damascus" style of calligraphy that had been used on his silver coinage of al-Hashimiya in AH 145 and Madinat al-Salam during
AH 146-147, where he opened the mint in his new capital in the year AH 146.
From the collection of a Student.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare - believed to be only the third recorded example of this date. This is the last known year during which al-Mansur continued to employ the "Damascus" style of calligraphy that had been used on his silver coinage of al-Hashimiya in AH 145 and Madinat al-Salam during
AH 146-147, where he opened the mint in his new capital in the year AH 146.
From the collection of a Student.