ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Radi, AH 322-329 / AD

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Radi, AH 322-329 / AD 934-940. Dirham (Silver, 25 mm, 2.42 g, 8 h), donative issue, citing the chief amir Abu'l-Husayn Bajkam, Madinat al-Salam, AH 329 = 940. Citing his son and heir, Abuʾl-Fadl, and his chief amir, Abuʾl-Husayn Bajkam, on the reverse. 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Abuʾl-Faḍl ibn / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abuʾl-Fadl son of the Commander of the Believers' in Arabic), inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Madinat al-Salām sana tisʿ wa ʿishrīn wa thalātha miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 329' in Arabic); outer margin, 'li-llāh al-amr min qabl wa min baʿd wa yawmaʾidhin yafraḥu al-muʾminūn bi naṣr Allāh' ('To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice with the help of Allah' in Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5). Rev. 'li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / al-Rāḍī billāh / Abuʾl-Ḥusayn Bajkam / mawlāhu' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Radi billah. Abuʾl-Husayn Bajkam, his servant' in Arabic); in the margin, 'Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it' in Arabic). Album 255A. Extremely rare and of great interest. Darkly toned. Areas of weakness , otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 32, 13 September 2018, 282.