#204896 - AR Dirham of Husayn b. Zikrawayh (Ahmad b. Abdallah)

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#204896: AR Dirham of Husayn b. Zikrawayh (Ahmad b. Abdallah)

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AR Dirham of Husayn b. Zikrawayh (Ahmad b. Abdallah) al-Mahdi al-Mansur bi allah, an of mole, first Qarmatid who struck coin, he was beheaded in 291 AH, in Baghdad.
Writen by Farbod mosanef in Oriental Coins, no.4, Autumn 2017:
http://www.academia.edu/35768949/Introducing_Coin_of_Husayn_...

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Keywords: AR Dirham of Husayn b Zikrawayh Ahmad Abdallah

Weight, g: 3.10

Size, mm: 26

Mint: ‘Askar al-Mahdī

Date: 290

Denomination: dirham

Metal: AR

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Aramazd Registered: 16-April-2004 Location: Armenia Photos: 24 Comments: 3,464	Aramazd » 3-September-2023 11:45am This coinage has been a topic of a long discussion among scholars. One more specimen of this type was exhibited in Abu Dhabi in 2020 (cf. Coins of Islam. History Revealed, texts by Aram Vardanyan, Abu Dhabi, 2020, p. 78). Indeed, there is no mint on this coinage. The reverse inner marginal inscription says "bism Allah duriba hadha al-dirham fi 'asr al-Mahdi santa tis'in wa ma'tayn". Roughly, this means "... this dirham was struck in the time/era of al-Mahdi...".

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Aramazd

Registered: 16-April-2004
Location: Armenia
Photos: 24
Comments: 3,464

Aramazd » 3-September-2023 11:45am

This coinage has been a topic of a long discussion among scholars. One more specimen of this type was exhibited in Abu Dhabi in 2020 (cf. Coins of Islam. History Revealed, texts by Aram Vardanyan, Abu Dhabi, 2020, p. 78). Indeed, there is no mint on this coinage. The reverse inner marginal inscription says "bism Allah duriba hadha al-dirham fi 'asr al-Mahdi santa tis'in wa ma'tayn". Roughly, this means "... this dirham was struck in the time/era of al-Mahdi...".