ISLAMIC, Abbassid, Harun Al-Rashid, First Period, 170-193 AH/ 786-809 AD, AV gold DINAR, MINTED IN EGYPT 190 AH, ( date sharp clear), His full name is Harun b. Al-Mahdi Abu Jaafar Al-Rashid. This is the same caliph of the one thousand and one night. Historical sources estimate his Harem population by the thousands, from all parts of the Abbassid empire which during his reign reached the climax of its power, militarily, culturally, and financially. Those gold dinars although not bearing a mint name are known to have been minted in MISR (EGYPT) one of the Abbassid provinces . The coin weights 4.22 GRAMS almost exactly to the dinar standard. This is A-218.13, ANONYMOUS with LIL KHALIFA in reverse field. The reverse margin reads : Bismaillah Duriba Haza Al-Dinar Sanat Tes’in wa Ma’at: This dinar was struck in the year 190 AH. The coin is common and occurs in many collections, however it is in VF + CONDITION, and as you see on the scan is a really beautiful coin. This is LAVOIX # 766 (PARIS BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE), KAZAN COLLECTION # ---, LANE POOLE (KHEDIVIAL COLLECTION IN CAIRO) # 432-33.

Price: 185.00  1     # ISAV-1011