India Rare AR damma, Ahmed, Multan, c.800 AD, Abbasid Caliphal governors of Multan (G/T#44)

Arabic inscription Allah Wali / Ahmad wa/ fanasr in three lines ("Allah is the friend of Ahmd and his helper") / Three dots, stylized Brahmi "Sri" above, Brahmi letters "Pa" and "Ta" in fields, below Ahmad Lillah in arabic, wa below. 13mm, 0.37 grams. Fishman/Todd "The Silver Damma" #M44.

High quality for this rare crude type. Like his immediate predecessor, Muhammad II, Ahmed I only struck coins with the standard “Allah wali” legend. Coins of Ahmed I are rarer than those of Muhammad II.

The three-dot coins with arabic legends were among the earliest of the Caliphal types produced in Multan after the Muslim conquest of the area in the early 700s.

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