Specimen record
umm-sp-001
Umm.Sp-001 Umayyads of Spain, ʿAbd al-Rahman III (AH 300-350 / AD 912-961). Silver dirham (2.42 gm, 21.70 mm), Madinat al-Zahra, AH 348 = AD 959/60. Album 350.10.
¥11,800
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umm-sp-001
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- umm-sp-001
- Weight
- 2.42 g
- Diameter
- 21.70 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Umayyads of Spain
- Ruler
- ʿAbd al-Rahman III
- Reign
- AH 300–350 / AD 912–961
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Dirham
- Mint
- Madinat al-Zahra
- AH
- 348
- AD
- 959/60
- References
- Album 350.10
Obverse
Citing Ahmad, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Aḥmad’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Ahmad’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Madīnat al-Zahrāʾ sana thamān wa arbaʿīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Zahra in the year 348’ in Arabic).
Reverse
Within a circle, ‘al-imām al-Nāṣir / li-dīn Allāh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘Imam al-Nasir li-din Allah ʿAbd al-Rahman, Commander of the Believers’ 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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