ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dinar (Gold, 17 mm, 3.84 g, 1 h), unnamed mint in Misr (Egypt), AH 190 = 805/6. ‘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, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih’ (‘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’ in Arabic). Rev. ‘Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / li’l-khalīfa’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. For the caliph’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār sana tisʿīn wa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in the year 190’ in Arabic). Album 218.13. Somewhat clipped and with light scratches, otherwise, good fine.

From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005.