ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dinar (Gold, 18 mm, 4.12 g, 6 h), [Misr], AH 170 = 786/7. ‘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. Citing the Egyptian governor ʿAli, ‘Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / ʿAlī’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. ʿAli’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār sana sabʿīn wa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in the year 170’ in Arabic). Album 218.6. Rare. Scrape on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.

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