Dirham - al-Ma'mun citing Tahir ibn al-Husayn
Features
| Issuer |
Abbasid Caliphate
 |
|---|---|
| Caliph |
Al-Ma'mun (عبد الله المأمون) (813-833)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 194-195 (810-811) |
| Calendar | Islamic (Hijri) |
| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
| Currency | Dinar (750-1517) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 2.86 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 81317 |
| References | Album Islamic# 223.3a 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.
Two rings surrounding all the text and in the outer margin annulets are evenly distributed along with another Arabic text in between the annulets. The Arabic text starts with طاهر at 12 o'clock, reading from right to left (counterclockwise).
Script: Arabic
Lettering:
لا إله إلا
الله وحده
لا شريك له
بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بالمحمدىه سنه و خمس و تسعىن و مئة
طاهر بن الحسىن مولى المامون
Translation:
There is no god but God alone, with no partner.
In the name of God, this dirham was minted in Muhammadiyah in the year five and ninety and one hundred (195 AH).
Tahir ibn al-Husayn the servant of al-Ma'mun.
Reverse
Five rows of Arabic text in the center surrounded by a beaded circle. First row starts with "لله".
Outside the circle there is another Arabic text in the margin. Starting with "محمد" at 1 o'clock reading from right to left.
Annulets are also evenly distributed in the margin.
Script: Arabic
Lettering:
لله
محمد رسول الله
مما أمر به الامام المأمون
عبدالله بن أمير المؤمنين
الفضل
محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدي و دين الحق ليظهرة علي الدين كله و لو كرة المشركون
Translation:
To God
Muhammad is the Messenger of God
From what Imam al-Ma'mun commanded
Abdullah Son of the Commander of the Faithful
Al-Fadl
Mint
al-Muhammadiyah, modern-day Hasanabad, IranComments
There is a variant of this type from AH195 where the name Tahir is on the reverse, without the patronymic (bin al-Husayn).
The last row of the obverse cites the name of a local official, الفضل (Al-Fadl).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 194 (810) | al-Muhammadiyah | 8% | |||||||||||||
| 195 (811) | al-Muhammadiyah | 8% | |||||||||||||
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