Specimen record
abb-040
Abb-040 ʿAbbasid Caliphate, al-Mahdi (AH 158-169 / AD 775-785). Bronze fals (2.07 gm, 18.20 mm), al-Kufa, AH 167 = AD 783/4. Album 306.
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abb-040
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- abb-040
- Weight
- 2.07 g
- Diameter
- 18.20 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Ruler
- al-Mahdi
- Reign
- AH 158–169 / AD 775–785
- Metal
- Copper
- Denomination
- Fals
- Mint
- al-Kufa
- AH
- 167
- AD
- 783/4
- References
- Album 306
Obverse
Within two concentric circles, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic).
Reverse
Within a circle, ‘Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / baraka’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Abundance’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘mimmā amara bihī al-Mahdī amīr al-muʾminīn bi al-Kūfa sana sabʿ wa sittīn wa miʾa’ (‘From that ordered by al-Mahdi, Commander of the Believers, in al-Kufa, in the year 167’ in Arabic).
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