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BI Dirham - Al-Mustansir Billah

BI Dirham - Al-Mustansir Billah - obverseBI Dirham - Al-Mustansir Billah - reverse

Obverse © Geison Pulga (CC BY-NC-SA)

Features

Issuer Fatimid Caliphate
Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah (1036-1094)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1036-1094
Value Dirham
Currency Dinar (909-1171)
Composition Billon
Weight 1.35 g
Diameter 16 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
580181
References Album Islamic# 723
Stephen Album; 2011. A Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd Edition). Self-published, Santa Rosa, California, United States.
, Zeno cat# 18732
Zeno category (https://zeno.ru/)

Obverse

Script: Arabic

Reverse

Script: Arabic

Comments

According to Stephen Album (Checklist of Islamic Coins 3rd Edition):
Silver and billon types of this reign vary from region to region,
with a great diversity of local types. Although some series seem
at least vaguely to preserve some sort of weight standard, most
were struck at random weights. By the end of the reign, the silver
content was typically 25% or less, and the coins have a blackish
color, for which they appropriately came to be known as the black
dirham, dirham aswad.
Sur and ‘Akka are the only mint names occasionally seen (R); all
others are at least very rare. The great majority of these
“dirhams” lack both mint and date

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