'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Ma'mun. AH 194-218 / AD 808-833. AR Dirham (25.7mm, 2.68 g, 8h). Al-Muhammadiya mint. Dated AH 204 (AD 819/20). VF.

Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1
Lot: 51. Estimated: $ 750

‘Abbasid Caliphate, Silver

Sold For $ 900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Ma'mun. AH 194-218 / AD 808-833. AR Dirham (25.7mm, 2.68 g, 8h). Al-Muhammadiya mint. Dated AH 204 (AD 819/20). Reverse field: lillah / Muhammad rasul Allah / al-Ma’mun khalifat Allah / mimma amr bihi’l-amir al-Rida / wali ahd amir al-muslimin / Dhu’l-Riyasatayn / letter mim. Lowick 1970; Miles 105B; Album 224A. Cleaned, traces of staining remaining. VF. Very rare.

Al-Ma’mun’s appointment of the Shi‘ite ‘Ali b. Musa al-Rida as heir to the caliphate represented an attempt to reconcile the Sunni and Shi‘a branches of Islam. This extremely rare variety omits al-Rida’s personal name, ‘Ali ibn Musa, and has annulets rather than Qur’an 30:3-4 in the obverse margin. As Miles notes, it was struck posthumously after the death of al-Rida in AH 203.

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