Coin

Description

Tahirids, Abbasids, al-Shash. The settlement of Shymkent.
Rectangular in shape. Inscriptions: obverse – 3 lines of the Shahada; below, Abū Abd Allāh; the name Tahr. Reverse – 3 lines of the Shahada; above, lillā; below, al-Mutawakkil ʿAlā Allāh (the Abbasid caliph).
Dating: 856 AH.
Technique: minting.
Material: yellow metal.
Size: diameter 26 mm.