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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 2490349, member: 74799&quot;]Another excellent write-up Salient and an area where I collect too.&nbsp; So, here are a few of my Abbasid coins that I managed to snag:</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Abbasid Caliphate: al-Hadi (169-170AH / 785-786CE) AR dirham, al-Muhammadiya (Album-217.2; Lowick-1666; NHR-70A)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b> <u>Obverse Field:</u></p><p>لا اله الا الله وحده لا شرك له</p><p><i>There is no God but Allah alone. There are no others with Him</i></p><p><br /></p><p><u>Obverse Margin:</u></p><p>بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بالمحمدية سنة سبعين و مئة</p><p><i>In the name of God. This dirham was struck in Muhammadiya in the year seventy and one hundred </i></p><p><br /></p><p><u>Reverse Field:</u></p><p>محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم الخليفة الهادى</p><p><i>Muhammad is the apostle of Allah, peace be upon him. Caliph al-Hadi</i></p><p>بر <i> below</i></p><p><br /></p><p><u>Reverse Margin:</u></p><p>محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون</p><p><i>He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it. </i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Album-217_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Abbasid Governors: Anonymous (753-754 AD) AE Fals, al-Basra (Album-303; Nützel-2069)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Within triple margin, annulet pattern ◎ ◎◎◎ repeated three times, لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له (<i>There is no God but Allah alone. There are no others with Him</i>)</p><p>Rev: Within circle, محمد رسول الله (<i>Muhammad is the apostle of Allah</i>); in margin, بسم الله ضرب هذا الفلس بالبصرة سنة ست و ثلثين و مئة (<i>In the name of Allah was struck this fals of al-Basra [in the] year six and thirty and [one] hundred</i>); double outer circle with five ◎ annulets</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Album-303.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Abbasid Governors, Mesopotamia: al-‘Abbas b. Muhammad (750-760 AD) AE Fals, al-Jazira (Album-304; Lavoix-1568)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b> Obv: Within circle, لا إله إلا الله وحده (<i>There is no God but Allah alone</i>); in margin, أمر الأمير ألعباس بن محمد اعز الله نصره (<i>Ordered by the amir al-‘Abbas bin Muhammad, may his victories be the glory of Allah</i>)</p><p>Rev: Within circle, محمد رسول الله (<i>Muhammad is the apostle of Allah</i>); pellet above first line; in margin, بسم الله ضرب هذا الفلس بالجزيرة (<i>In the name of Allah was struck this fals of al-Jazira</i>) </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Album-304A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Abbasid Governors, Transoxiana: Ma&#039;bad b. Khalil &amp; al-Mahdi Muhammad (765 AD) AE Fals, Bukhara (Album-320; Nastich p. 20, fig. 16)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Within a beaded circle, لا إله إلا الله وحده (<i>There is no God but Allah alone</i>); below ✶; in margin, separated by three annulets at intervals, ◉ بسم الله ضرب ◉ ببخارا فی سنة ◉ ثمان و اربعين و مئة (<i>In the name of Allah, [this coin] was struck of Bukhara in the year eight and forty and [one] hundred</i>)</p><p>Rev: Within beaded circle, محمد رسول الله (<i>Muhammad is the apostle of Allah</i>), below Bukhara tamgha; in margin, أمر به معبد في ولية ألمهدى ولي عهد المسلمين محمد بن أمير ألمؤمنين (<i>Ordered by the amir Ma’bad in the service of al-Mahdi, crown prince of the Muslims, Muhammad son of the commander of the faithful</i>) </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Album-320.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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