One Thousand and One Nights—or Arabian Nights, as it’s better known in English—is collection of Middle Eastern folk tales. Harun al-Rashid, the fifth and greatest Abbasid caliph, appears in most of the tales set in Baghdad, his capital.
This is a silver dirham struck at the Baghdad mint during the reign of Harun al-Rashid, "The Right-Minded." In deference to the Islamic prohibition on graven images, the coin features no portrait. Kufic script, the oldest form of Arabic writing, is on both obverse and reverse. These stunning historical piece is in a display album and comes with a story card and certificate of authenticity.
Highlights:
- Dates to the 9th century
- Comes with story card
- Certificate of Authenticity
