Silver Dirham of al-Muttaqi, al-Mawsil, 330 H. 1959.248.1

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin
• Date: 942
• Denomination: Dirham
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Authority: al-Muttaqi lillah
  • Authority: Abu Mansur
  • Authority: Nasir al-Dawla al-Hasan b. `Abd Allah
  • State: Abbasid Caliphs (Uncertain value)
  • State: Amir al-Umara' (Uncertain value)
  • State: Hamdanids (Uncertain value)

• Geographic

  • Region: Iraq
  • Region: Jazira Diyar Rabi`a

References

• Reference: BMCOr.3.2
• Reference: Bikhazi, MN 28, nos. 1-5

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1959.248.1
• Lot: 1959.248
• Department: Islamic
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

issued during four months between Nasir al-Dawla's appointment and his brother's; remarkable for combination of Nasir al-Dawla with his name and nasab instead of his laqab; also for Abu Mansur on reverse below father's name instead of usual obverse position

Subjects

• Category: `Abbasids--3rd Period

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States