Fatimids - al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah, Gold Dinar, Misr AH 415 (AD 1024/5)
Fatimids - al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah, Gold Dinar, Misr AH 415 (AD 1024/5)
Issued at Misr under the Fatimid caliph al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah (AH 411–427 / AD 1021–1036), this dinar belongs to one of the great gold coinages of the medieval Mediterranean. Al-Zahir came to the throne as a boy following the mysterious disappearance of his father al-Hakim, and much of his early reign was guided by his formidable aunt Sitt al-Mulk. Fatimid dinars of this era were prized across three continents for their consistently high purity and became a benchmark trade currency. The distinctive concentric design, with its Shi'a formula naming 'Ali, sets Fatimid gold apart from its Sunni contemporaries.
Album 714.1. 3.68 g. VF.
Details
Details
Obverse:
muhammad rasul allah / 'ali wali allah (Muhammad is the messenger of God, Ali is the chosen one of God); in the inner margin, '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 outer margin, a verse from the Qurʾān.
Reverse:
al-zahir li-i'zaz din / allah amir al-mu'minin (al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah, Commander of the Faithful); in the inner margin, 'abd allah wa waliyuhu 'ali abu'l-hasan al-imam' (servant of God and his associate 'Ali Abu'l-Hasan the Imam); in the outer margin: bism allah duriba hadha'l-dinar bi-misr sana hams ashr wa arba'mi'a (in the name of God, this dinar was struck in Misr in the year fifteen and four hundred).
Condition
Condition
VF
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