Madinat al-Salam Baghdad Abbasid Silver Al-Mansur Dirham 154 AH / 771AD

Silver Dirham from Al-Mansur, who ruled the Muslim empire in the period 136-158 AH (754 – 775 AD).

Al-Mansur is the second caliph of the Abbasid dynasty. His full name being Abu Jafar Abdul Allah al-Mansur.

This is a dirham, weighs 2.8 grams and is 24.5 mm in diameter.

The coin shows the date of minting as 154 AH and the mint as Madinat al-Salam or Baghdad the capital of current day Iraq.

The obverse of the coin has the words “Muhammad Rasul Allah” with the letters ” Bakh Bakh ” below it in the centre and the words “Muhammad Rasul Allah, arsaluh bil huda wa din al haq liazharuh ‘al al din kulh walaw karah al mushrikon” along the edge.

The reverse shows the name of the mint and the date in a circle along the edge. It also has the words “La Illaha ell Allah, Wahduh la Sharik Lah” in the centre

References: It is Album #213.1, it is listed in Al’Ush Catalog of Islamic coins preserved in the national museum of Qatar as#1480, and it is Wilkes 377

Good Very Fine and desirable