Abbasids, Al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) AV Heavy Dinar. Madinat al-Salam, AH 609 = AD 1212. "Al-Imam", kalima and "al-Nasir li-din Allah, commander of the faithful" in five lines across field; mint and date formula in inner margin; Qur'an XXX, 3-4 in outer margin / Continuation of kalima and "salla Allah alaihi" in four lines across field; Qur'an IX, 33 in outer margin. Album 268; ICV 469. 11.28g, 31mm, 11h.
Very Fine; planchet slightly bent with scrape on rev. Rare heavy denomination.
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.