Dirham - al-Mutawakkil without heir
Features
| Issuer |
Abbasid Caliphate
 |
|---|---|
| Caliph |
Al-Mutawakkil (847-861)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 233-235 (848-849) |
| Calendar | Islamic (Hijri) |
| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
| Currency | Dinar (750-1517) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 2.85 g |
| Diameter | 31 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 562175 |
| References | Album Islamic# 230.1 Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd Edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States. |
Obverse
Arabic text in three rows in the center. First row "لا اله الا".
This text is surrounded by one row of Arabic text. Starting with "بسم الله" at 1 o'clock reading from right to left.
In the outer margin there is another text in Arabic quoting the Quran 30:4-5, starting with لله at 1 o'clock. Reading from right to left.
Script: Arabic
Lettering:
لا إله إلا
الله وحده
لا شريك له
بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بالشاش سنة أربع و ثلثين و مائتين
لله الأمر من قبل و من بعد و يومئذ يفرح المؤمنون بنصر الله
Translation:
There is no god but
Allah alone
Without partners
In the name of Allah, this dirham was struck in al-Shash in the year four and thirty and two hundred (234).
To God belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice in God’s victory.
Reverse
Arabic text in five rows in the center. First row starts with "لله".
The center text is surrounded by two rings.
One row of Arabic text in the margin outside the rings. Starting with "محمد" at 12 o'clock reading from right to left.
Script: Arabic
Lettering:
لله
محمد
رسول
الله
المتوكل على الله
محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون
Translation:
To God
Muhammad
is the Messenger of God
al-Mutawakkil, He who relies upon God
Muhammad is the Messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth to make it prevail over all religions, even though the polytheists hate it.
Mints
| al-Muhammadiyah, modern-day Hasanabad, Iran | |
| al-Mutawakkiliya, Iraq | |
| Basra, Iraq | |
| Damascus, Syria | |
| Fars, modern-day Shiraz, Iran | |
| Irminiyah / Dwin, modern-day Dvin, Armenia | |
| Irminiyah / Dwin, modern-day Dvin, Armenia | |
| Isfahan, Iran | |
| Ma'dan al-Shash, modern-day Tashkent, Uzbekistan | |
| Madinat al-Salam, modern-day Baghdad, Iraq (767-912) | |
| Marw, modern-day Mary, Turkmenistan | |
| Qumm, modern-day Qom, Iran | |
| Samarkand, Uzbekistan | |
| Sur man ra'a, modern-day Samarra, Iraq |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 233 (848) | Al-Muhammadiyah | ||||||||||||||
| 233 (848) | Dimashq/Damascus | ||||||||||||||
| 233 (848) | Isfahan/Isbahan/Ispahan | ||||||||||||||
| 233 (848) | Ma'dan al-Shash/Al-Shash | ||||||||||||||
| 233 (848) | Madinat al-Salam | ||||||||||||||
| 233 (848) | Marw | ||||||||||||||
| 233 (848) | Misr | ||||||||||||||
| 233 (848) | Samarkand/Samarqand | ||||||||||||||
| 233 (848) | Surra man Ra'a/Samarra | ||||||||||||||
| 234 (849) | Al-Muhammadiyah | ||||||||||||||
| 234 (849) | Dimashq/Damascus | ||||||||||||||
| 234 (849) | Isfahan/Isbahan/Ispahan | ||||||||||||||
| 234 (849) | Ma'dan al-Shash/Al-Shash | ||||||||||||||
| 234 (849) | Madinat al-Salam | ||||||||||||||
| 234 (849) | Marw | ||||||||||||||
| 234 (849) | Misr | ||||||||||||||
| 234 (849) | Samarkand/Samarqand | ||||||||||||||
| 234 (849) | Surra man Ra'a/Samarra | ||||||||||||||
| 235 (849) | Al-Muhammadiyah | ||||||||||||||
| 235 (849) | Dimashq/Damascus | ||||||||||||||
| 235 (849) | Isfahan/Isbahan/Ispahan | ||||||||||||||
| 235 (849) | Ma'dan al-Shash/Al-Shash | ||||||||||||||
| 235 (849) | Madinat al-Salam | ||||||||||||||
| 235 (849) | Marw | ||||||||||||||
| 235 (849) | Misr | ||||||||||||||
| 235 (849) | Samarkand/Samarqand | ||||||||||||||
| 235 (849) | Surra man Ra'a/Samarra | ||||||||||||||
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