'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Ma'mun. AH 194-218 / AD 808-833. AR Dirham (24.6mm, 2.45 g, 9h). Pre-Reform type with single obverse marginal legend. Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 217 (AD 832/3). Good Fine.

Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1
Lot: 52. Estimated: $ 750

‘Abbasid Caliphate, Silver

Sold For $ 575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Ma'mun. AH 194-218 / AD 808-833. AR Dirham (24.6mm, 2.45 g, 9h). Pre-Reform type with single obverse marginal legend. Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 217 (AD 832/3). Obverse margin: ...bi-Madinat al-Salam sanat sab‘at [letter alif] ‘ashr wa mi‘atayn (sic) / Reverse field: al-‘adl / Muhammad / rasul / Allah / lillah. Unpublished. Small edge clip, dark surfaces. Good Fine. Extremely rare, apparently unpublished.

While the legends on this coin are otherwise literate and correctly engraved, the date legend, which has the unit in the feminine form ending in ta marbuta followed by an isolated letter alif is inexplicable. Lowick records two dirhams of ‘Madinat al-Salam’ dated AH 212 and 213 bearing the additional legend salla Allah ‘alayhi wa salam above and below the reverse field, which he suggested might be contemporary imitations struck in North Africa; it is possible that the present coin may be something similar.

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