Gold Ring Featuring an Abbasid Gold Dinar

This genuine ancient gold coin has been set in a modern 18 karat gold ring.

The Abbasid caliphs ruled in Baghdad from 749 – 1258 A.D. claiming descent from Abbas, the uncle of the prophet Mohammed. Soon after its establishment the Abbasid dynasty attained its most brilliant period of political and intellectual life. It was, around this time Arabic flourished as a language for science, diplomacy, as well as poetry. The obverse legend on this beautiful coin reads, ‘There is No God but Allah Alone’.