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A coin engraved with the certificate inscription
(قطعة نقدية محفور عليها نقش الشهادة)

Title	A coin engraved with the certificate inscription
Title Original	قطعة نقدية محفور عليها نقش الشهادة
Author	The issuing party is Caliph Abu Ahmad al-Muktafi Billah
Author Original	الجهة المصدرة هو الخليفة أبو أحمد المكتفي بالله
Publication Date:	Second - eighth century AH / eighth - fourteenth century AD
Publication Place	2014,4540 - National Museum of Oman
Subject	silver
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القطر : 2,3 سم ، الوزن: 3,8 غرام
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	2012,899
Record ID	object;EPM;on;Mus21;10;ar
Library Location	National Museum of Oman
Date	Second - eighth century AH / eighth - fourteenth century AD
Notes	In the centuries before Islam, 200 BC - 651 AD, many rulers, ruling families and authorities issued coins that were circulated in Oman and the Arabian Gulf. Coins made in Oman in the period 133-906 AH / 751-1500 AD showed means of expressing authority, status, and independence. The followers of the Ibadis (an Islamic sect) established imams (unique systems of government based on the election of a person known for his knowledge and piety) in Oman in the year 132 AH/749 AD. The Ibadi imams issued their own silver coins. Many of these coins were found in areas explored in 1422 AH/2002 AD in the state of Bahla. The coins bear the name of the mint factory “Oman” and the names of the Ibadi rulers “Al-Khalil ibn Shazan” and “Rashid ibn Said”. The Wajihis are a local ruling family led by Yusuf ibn Wajih, a former ruler of Al-Bu Said, who ruled Oman and who controlled the northern coastal areas of Oman during the fourth century AH / tenth century AD. They established the city of Sohar in a major center of international trade and produced their own currency. The coins issued by the Wajihis Similar to what is shown here, it preserved the standard Al-Bu Said inscription with the name of the local ruler added below the inscription on the opposite side.
Sample Text	“A coin engraved with the Shahada inscription” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;on;Mus21;10;ar

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A coin engraved with the certificate inscription

(قطعة نقدية محفور عليها نقش الشهادة)

Author The issuing party is Caliph Abu Ahmad al-Muktafi Billah

Author Original الجهة المصدرة هو الخليفة أبو أحمد المكتفي بالله

Publication Date Second - eighth century AH / eighth - fourteenth century AD

Publication Place 2014,4540 - National Museum of Oman

Subject silver

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القطر : 2,3 سم ، الوزن: 3,8 غرام

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 2012,899

Record ID object;EPM;on;Mus21;10;ar

Library Location National Museum of Oman

Date Second - eighth century AH / eighth - fourteenth century AD

Notes In the centuries before Islam, 200 BC - 651 AD, many rulers, ruling families and authorities issued coins that were circulated in Oman and the Arabian Gulf. Coins made in Oman in the period 133-906 AH / 751-1500 AD showed means of expressing authority, status, and independence. The followers of the Ibadis (an Islamic sect) established imams (unique systems of government based on the election of a person known for his knowledge and piety) in Oman in the year 132 AH/749 AD. The Ibadi imams issued their own silver coins. Many of these coins were found in areas explored in 1422 AH/2002 AD in the state of Bahla. The coins bear the name of the mint factory “Oman” and the names of the Ibadi rulers “Al-Khalil ibn Shazan” and “Rashid ibn Said”. The Wajihis are a local ruling family led by Yusuf ibn Wajih, a former ruler of Al-Bu Said, who ruled Oman and who controlled the northern coastal areas of Oman during the fourth century AH / tenth century AD. They established the city of Sohar in a major center of international trade and produced their own currency. The coins issued by the Wajihis Similar to what is shown here, it preserved the standard Al-Bu Said inscription with the name of the local ruler added below the inscription on the opposite side.

Sample Text “A coin engraved with the Shahada inscription” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;on;Mus21;10;ar