Morton & Eden Ltd
Auction 69 10 April 2014
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ABBASID, TEMP. AL-MA'MUN (194-218h)
Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 198h
OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | Madinat al-Salam
REVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | Dhu'l –Riyasatayn
WEIGHT: 4.15g
REFERENCES: Lowick 176; Bernardi 99Jh
CONDITION: Obverse double-struck, some scratches, good fine and rare
NOTE: This is the first gold coin tobear the name of Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad), placed in the obverse field rather than in the margin as would later become standard for Abbasid dinars. Dhu'l-Riyasatayn, 'Holder of the Two Ministries,' was the title of al-Ma'mun's Persian minister al-Fadl b. Sahl.
Estimate: £1000 - 1500
Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 198h
OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | Madinat al-Salam
REVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | Dhu'l –Riyasatayn
WEIGHT: 4.15g
REFERENCES: Lowick 176; Bernardi 99Jh
CONDITION: Obverse double-struck, some scratches, good fine and rare
NOTE: This is the first gold coin tobear the name of Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad), placed in the obverse field rather than in the margin as would later become standard for Abbasid dinars. Dhu'l-Riyasatayn, 'Holder of the Two Ministries,' was the title of al-Ma'mun's Persian minister al-Fadl b. Sahl.
Estimate: £1000 - 1500