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MIRDASID: Asad al-Dawla Salih, 1023-1029, AV dinar (4.15g), Halab, AH417

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MIRDASID: Asad al-Dawla Salih, 1023-1029, AV dinar (4.15g), Halab, AH417
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MIRDASID: Asad al-Dawla Salih, 1023-1029, AV dinar (4.15g), Halab, AH417, A-N766, Nicol-—, citing the Fatimid caliph al-Zahir, nice strike, probably unique, Very Fine, RRRR, ex. Robert Pelletreau collection.

The obverse is similar to Nicol-1393 (his type H6a), also dated AH417, but without the word madina before the mint name Halab and with the word mufakhkhamuha instead of muqarruha in the middle text. The reverse is also similar to Nicol-1393, without the last four word of al-mu'minin in the inner text, but also without Allah in the center. The obverse refers to the ruler as al-amir asad al-dawla abu 'ali salih bin mirdas, with the last word scrunched together, as the engraver failed to leave enough space for the full word. The reverse cites the Fatimid caliph and the heir to the Mirdasid throne, as al-amir abu 'ulwan thamal bin asad al-dawla.