Dirham - Hisham I

Features

Issuer Emirate of Córdoba (Córdoba, Al-Andalus and Ceuta)
Emir Hisham I (هشام الرضى بن عبد الرحمن) (788-796)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 172-179 (789-796)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 1 Silver Dirham (0.1)
Currency Dinar (756-929)
Composition Silver
Weight 2.70 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
80971
References Vives arab# 70-77
Antonio Vives y Escudero; 1893. Monedas de las dinastías arábigo-españolas. Establecimiento Tipográfico de Fortanet, Madrid, Spain.

Obverse

Arabic lettering in the center and in the marginal part

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
لا اله الا
الله وحده
لا شرك له

بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بالاندلس سنة اربع و سبعون و مئة

Translation:
There is no deity except
(the one) God alone
He has no equal

In the name of God. This Dirham was struck in al-Andalus in the year four and seventy and one-hundred

Reverse

Arabic lettering in the center and in the marginal part

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
الله احد الله
الصمد لم يلد و
لم يولد و لم يكن
له كفوا احد

محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون

Translation:
God is One God
The eternal and indivisible, who has not begotten, and
has not been begotten and never is there
His equal

Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it.

Comments

The date is written in full, on the obverse. The script is somewhat calligraphic so not exactly like is presented below.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
172 (789)  اثنتين و سبعون و مئة - Vives 70
173 (790)  ثلث و سبعون و مئة - Vives 71
174 (791)  اربع و سبعون و مئة - Vives 72
175 (792)  خمس و سبعون و مئة - Vives 73
176 (793)  ستة و سبعون و مئة - Vives 74
177 (794)  سبع و سبعون و مئة - Vives 75
178 (795)  ثمان و سبعون و مئة - Vives 76
179 (796)  تسع و سبعون و مئة - Vives 77

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