Rare silver damma of Umar III or IV (mid-900's CE), Habbarid Sindh, India (F/T HS21)

Allah wali / Umar wa na/ sarahu ("Allah is the friend of Umar and his helper") // Muhammad / rasul / Allah / al-Amir Umar ("Muhammad is the messenger of God, Amir Umar"). 10mm, 0.58 grams. G/G #AS33; Fishman/Todd (2018) #HS21

The rare Allah wali coins naming Umar might belong to ˜Umar III of Mint 1 or a completely different Umar (Umar IV) who controlled Mint 2 or perhaps a different mint altogether, as these coins are not a perfect fit into Mint 2 coinage (as the rulers of Mint 2 now were making dammas with a Shahada legend). They are somewhat similar to the Allah wali dammas of Umar I issued in the style of the gubernatorial dammas (Type HS1), but those dammas show a different calligraphy and are much lighter (0.2 to 0.3 grams), and do not have Umar's name on the reverse.

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