Abbasid Dinar (Minted in 132 AH) — Reign of Abu al-Abbas Abdullah al-Saffah
<p>In 132 AH, as Damascus fell and the last Umayyad Caliph fled, Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah ascended the pulpit to announce the birth of the Abbasid State. In those pivotal moments, he ordered the minting of this dinar — the first official document of a new empire.</p><p>To hold this coin today is to touch the very second an era vanished and another began. It is the birth certificate of a dynasty that would endure for five centuries, giving the world Harun al-Rashid, al-Ma''mun, and the House of Wisdom. All that Abbasid grandeur began with this small gold piece struck under the shadow of swords.</p>
132 AH