Ghaznavid, Mahmud ibn Sebuktegin, gold dinar, Naysabur (Nishapur) mint, AH 390, citing al-Qadir

Ghaznavid: Mahmud ibn Sebuktegin, gold dinar (4.12g), Naysabur (Nishapur) mint, AH 390. Citing Abbasid caliph al-Qadir and Mahmud as "al-amir al-sayyid" ("the commander, the master"), "wali amir al-mu'minin" ("ally of the Commander of the Faithful"), "yamin al-dawla" ("right hand of the state"), "amin al-milla" ("trustee of the [Islamic] nation"), and Abu al-Qasim. Struck on broad flan. Lovely example.