'Abbasid Caliphate, n/a. n/a. temp. Al-Ma'mun. AH 194-218 / AD 808-833. AV Dinar (19.2mm, 3.96 g, 10h). Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 198 (AD 813/4). VF.

CNG Islamic Auction 3
Lot: 93. Estimated: $ 2 500

‘Abbasid Caliphate, Gold

Sold For $ 3 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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'Abbasid Caliphate, n/a. n/a. temp. Al-Ma'mun. AH 194-218 / AD 808-833. AV Dinar (19.2mm, 3.96 g, 10h). Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 198 (AD 813/4). Obverse field: la ilaha illa / Allah wahdahu / la sharik lahu / Madinat al-Salam / Reverse field: lillah / Muhammad / rasul / Allah / Dhu’l-Riyasatayn. Bernardi 99Jh; Lowick 176; Album 222.2. Light deposit, scattered marks in fields. VF. Rare.

Ex Baldwin’s Islamic Coin Auction 24 (9 May 2013), lot 4255 and Emirates Coin Auction 1 (Dubai, 21 March 1999), lot 182..

This rare one-year type is the earliest ‘Abbasid dinar to bear a full mint-name. It was struck to mark al-Ma’mun’s capture of Baghdad from his brother and rival, al-Amin. Dhu’l-Riyasatayn, meaning ‘Holder of the Two Ministries,’ was the title of al-Fadl b. Sahl, al-Ma’mun’s Persian minister.

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