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‘Abbasid Caliphate
Gold Dinar (3.44g), AH 567
al-Mustadi, ‘Abbasid Caliph, AH 555-566/AD 1160-1170
SICA-4, 1208 var (date); A 267. Choice Very Fine.
Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) mint, naming only the caliph al-Mustadi. While a number of contemporary
dynasties name al-Mustadi on their coins, purely ‘Abbasid dinars naming only al-Mustadi are very rare,
known only from the mints of Madinat al-Salam and al-Hilla.
290
‘Abbasid Caliphate
Gold Dinar (10.36g), AH 608
al-Nasir, ‘Abbasid Caliph, AH 575-622/AD 1180-1225
SICA-4, 1228; A 268. Choice Very Fine.
Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) mint (10.36gm), naming only the caliph al-Nasir. While a number of con-
temporary dynasties name al-Nasir on their coins, purely ‘Abbasid dinars naming only the caliph were
struck at Madinat al-Salam. Their weight ranges from under 3 to more than 20 grams. Some have in-
correctly seen multiple denominations but the various weights fall all across the spectrum. They are in
fact officially stamped ingots of random weight, which were valued in transactions by weight rather
than denomination.