coin;
medallion
- Museum number
- 2014,4054.1
- Description
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Silver medallion, modelled on the Sasanian silver drachma.
- Production date
- 2000-2014
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 34 millimetres
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Weight: 20 grammes
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The Certificate of Authenticity says this piece is a Sunnah lovingly restored with care by 24 Qirats Sdn Bhd... Reviving Prophetic Weights and Measures." About the inscription... "Congratulations on your participation in the introduction of the Five Nabawi Silver Dirham, a medallion minted in a denomination of the standard weight of the Sasanian Drachma, the basis of value of which 200 dirhams/5 uqiyas of silver have been divinely decreed as the Nisab of Zakat as revealed in 2 Hijrah to Rasulullah. The two verses on the obverse and reverse of the medallion in Thuluth script were carefully selected in the spirit of the dirhams given as mahar to the wives of Rasulullah when silver was the Shari'ah-centred value of exchange of the Muslim Ummah.
"In the name of Allah, say (O Muhammad): 'No reward do I ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin" (Al-Shura 42:33)
"The grace of Allah and His blessings on you, O you people of the house!" (Hud 11:73)"
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2014
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 2014,4054.1
