Dinar - Al-Mansur Billah

Features

Issuer Fatimid Caliphate
Caliph Al-Mansur Billah (946-953)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 946-953
Value Gold Dinar (1)
Currency Dinar (909-1171)
Composition Gold
Weight 4.19 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
72546

Obverse

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
al-imam / la ilah / illa allah / al-mansur billah

bism allah duriba hadha’l-dinar bi’l-mahdiyya shahr ramadan fi sana sab‘ wa thalathin wa thalathmi’a

Translation:
Field: “the Imam no god but God, al-Mansur billah.”

Margin: “in the name of God, this dinar was struck in al-Mahdiyya the month of Ramadan in the year seven and thirty and three hundred.”

Reverse

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
isma‘il / muhammad / rasul allah / amir al-mu’minin

muhammad rasul allah arsalahu bi’l-huda wa din al-haqq li-yuzhirahu ‘ala al-din kullihi wa law kariha al-mushrikun

Translation:
Field: “Isma‘il, Muhammad is the messenger of God, Commander of the Faithful.”

Margin: “Muhammad is the messenger of God who sent him with guidance and the religion of truth that he might make it supreme over all other religions, even though the polytheists may detest it.”

Holy Qur’an, Sura 9 (al-Tawba), verse 33

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (946-953)  al-Mahdiyya

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