Specimen record
abb-053
Abb-053 ʿAbbasid Caliphate, temp. al-Mansur (AH 136-158 / AD 754-775). Silver dirham (2.90 gm, 26.09 mm), Madinat al-Salam, AH 158 = AD 774/5. Album 213.1.
abb-053
House record
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￥8,280
Obverse
‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Madīnat al-Salām sana thamān wa khamsīn wa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 158’ in Arabic).
Reverse
‘Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / bakh bakh’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Good, good’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic).
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