ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur, AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. Fals (Bronze, 20 mm, 3.53 g, 4 h), struck under Governor al-Abbas ibn Muhammad, al-Jazira, AH 130s-140s / AD 750s-760s. ‘lā ilāh-a / illā Allāh / waḥdahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One’ in Arabic); the marginal legend reads ‘amara al-amīr al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad aʿadda Allāh bi qadrihī’ (‘Ordered [to be struck] Governor al-Abbas ibn Muhammad, may Allah reward him’ in Arabic). Rev. ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); mint formula in the margin: ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi al-Jazira’ (‘In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in the Jazira’ in Arabic). Album 304. Thick earthen deposits and light cleaning scratches, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Felzmann 161, 6 March 2018, 400.