786 AD - 809 AD

Abbasid Caliphate  al-Muhammadiya
Harun al-Rashid   170 AH - 193 AH

Dirham AR 24
 SHH 138

138 Abbasid Harun al-Rashid Dirham AR

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Provenance
 2.90 g   24.1-24.5 mm   0.7 eqmm   1:00 o'clock   EF
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 59.8, rev. 58.4 MS/m
Central inscription لا شرك ل الله وحده لا اله اه 
(There is no deity except / (the one) God alone / He has no equal);
Marginal Inscripiton بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بالمحمدية سنة تسعين و مئة
(in The Name of God. This dirham was struck in al-Muhammadiyya
in the year ninety and one hundred).
Central Inscription ه الله رسول محمد  (Muhammad The Messenger Of God Ha);
Marginal inscription
محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون
(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)
Mint of al-Muhammadiya, 189 AH.
Inscriptions from the "Islamic Coins in the Barrage Collection".
 Album 219.2; Barrage Collection al-Muhammadiyya 190 AH; Laviox 825
Ex Stephen Album List 193/110, 25.11.2003