Abbassid, Harun Al-Rashid, First Period, 170-193 AH/ 786-809 AD, AV gold DINAR, MINTED IN EGYPT, His full name is Harun b. Al-Mahdi Abu Jaafar Al-Rashid. This is the same caliph of the one thousand and one nights. Historical sources estimate his Harem population by the thousands, from all parts of the Abbassid empire which during his reign reached the climax of its power, militarily, culturally, and financially. Those gold dinars although not bearing a mint name are known to have been minted in MISR (EGYPT) one of the Abbassid provinces . The coin weights 3.99 grams. This is A-218.7?, with name of GOVERNOR MUSA in reverse field.
