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Object numberG10/6/L 2021.1.10.2
TitleFatimid Dinar from the Reign of Imam al-Ẓāhir (r. 411–427/1021–1036)
DescriptionL 2021.1.10.2, minted at Miṣr in 414/1023
During the Fatimid dynasty’s reign, the standard of gold coinage was preserved remarkably well and played a significant part in the economy of North Africa and the Middle East. This dinar was minted at Miṣr in 414/1023, during the reign of Imam Abū’l-Ḥasan ‘Alī al-Ẓāhir li-I‘zāz Dīn Allāh (r. 411–427/1021–1036). Born in 395/1005 in the Fatimid palace in Cairo, al-Ẓāhir succeeded to the Fatimid throne in 411/1021 as the seventh Fatimid caliph-Imam.
During the Fatimid dynasty’s reign, the standard of gold coinage was preserved remarkably well and played a significant part in the economy of North Africa and the Middle East. This dinar was minted at Miṣr in 414/1023, during the reign of Imam Abū’l-Ḥasan ‘Alī al-Ẓāhir li-I‘zāz Dīn Allāh (r. 411–427/1021–1036). Born in 395/1005 in the Fatimid palace in Cairo, al-Ẓāhir succeeded to the Fatimid throne in 411/1021 as the seventh Fatimid caliph-Imam.