Fatimids - al-Mustansir billah, Gold Dinar, Misr AH 440 (AD 1048/9)roduct
Fatimids - al-Mustansir billah, Gold Dinar, Misr AH 440 (AD 1048/9)roduct
This dinar of the second standard type was struck at Misr during the extraordinarily long reign of al-Mustansir billah (AH 427–487 / AD 1036–1094), at roughly fifty-eight years the longest-reigning of the Fatimid caliphs and one of the longest-reigning rulers of the medieval Islamic world. His time on the throne spanned both the zenith of Fatimid power and the beginnings of its decline, including the great famine and administrative crisis known as the Shidda. Fatimid gold nonetheless remained the most trusted coinage of the Mediterranean world throughout his rule. Somewhat clipped and with light doubling, the piece is otherwise extremely fine and displays the crisp concentric legends characteristic of the dynasty.
Album 719. 4.00 g. VF.
Details
Details
Obverse:
Within a central circle, 'ʿAlī / lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / walī Allāh' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah' in Arabic); in the margin, a verse from the Qurʾān.
Reverse:
Within a central circle, 'Maʿadd / ʿabd Allāh wa waliyyuhū / al-imām Abū Tamīm / al-Mustanṣir billāh / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('The servant of Allah and His friend, Imam Maʿadd Abu Tamim al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); in the margin, 'bism Allāh al-raḥmān al-raḥīm ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Miṣr sana arbaʿīn wa arbaʿa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. This dinar was struck in Misr in the year 440' in Arabic).
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