India RRR silver damma of Umar I (854-? CE) w/Abbasid Caliph al-Muntasir, Habbarid Sindh

Billah yathiqu / 'Umar wa bihi / yantasir ("In God trusts 'Umar and through him is victorious") // Lillah / Muhammad / rasul / Allah / al-Muntasir ("In God, Muhammad is the messenger of God, al-Muntasir"). 11mm, 0.71 grams. Minted 861-862 CE. G/G #AS-; Fishman/Todd (2018) #HS4 var (unlisted with the name of the Caliph).

On this extremely rare the al-Muntasir is named on the reverse. It probably refers to the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muntasir (861-862 CE) - the only Caliph afforded such honor on the Habbarid coinage. Not listed in Fishman/Todd (2018), this is an extremely rare type. 

These coins are attributed to 'Umar I ibn Abd al-Aziz, the first of the Habbarid Amirs, who took control of Sindh with Caliphal approval in ca.854 CE but ruled as an independent Amir, functionally seceding from the Caliphate. 'Umar minted silver dammas and exceedingly rare gold fractions dinars.

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