ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mutawakkil, AH 232-247 / AD 847-861. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 2.85 g, 1 h), Surra man Raʾā (Samarra), AH 237 = 851/2. Citing his son, Abu ʿAbd Allah, as heir. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Abū ʿAbd Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abu ʿAbd Allah’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Surra man Raʾā sana sabʿ wa thalāthīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Surra man Raʾā in the year 237’ in Arabic); in the outer margin, ‘li-llāh al-amr min qabl wa min baʿd wa yawmaʾidhin yafraḥu al-muʾminūn bi naṣr Allāh’ (‘To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice with the help of Allah’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5).. Rev. ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Mutawakkil ʿala Allah’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic). Album 230.2. Rare. Areas of weakness and cleaning scratches, otherwise, very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.