Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 2926

Price realized: 80 CHF   (Approx. 91 USD / 84 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 2.70 g, 9 h), Marw, AH 185 = 801/2. '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 Marw sana khams wa thamānīn wa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in the city of Marw in the year 185' in Arabic). Rev. Citing his son al-Amin Muhammad, and governor ʿAli, 'ʿAlī / Muḥammad rasūl / Allāh ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh wa sallam / mimmā amara bihī al-amīr al-Amīn / Muḥammad ibn amīr al-muʾminīn' ('ʿAli. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him and grant him peace. From that ordered by Amir al-Amin Muhammad son of the 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). Album 219.9. Rare mint. Areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.


From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years.

Starting price: 25 CHF