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(AH170-193) ABBASID DIRHAM, AL-RASHID, GENUINE, AH188 al-Muhammadiya NGC

Abbasid Caliphate under the fifth caliph, Harun al-Rashid 170–193 AH/ 786–809 AD (Struck 188 AH 803/804 AD) AR Dirham

Obverse Center: Focuses on the core declaration of Islamic faith (the Shahada): "There is no god but Allah, unique, He has no associate."

Obverse Margin: mint and the specific year: "In the name of God, this dirham was struck in [Mint Name] in the year eight and eighty and one hundred."

Reverse Center: Typically cites religious declarations such as "Muhammad is the Messenger of God", names of localized governors

Reference: Album 219.2

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