Tehran – From the Abbasid period to the Qajar period, a collection of 63 historic coins engraved in the name of the Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) was presented in public on Sunday.
The unveiling ceremony took place at the Dafina Museum Institute in Tehran, commemorating the Week of Islamic Unification and the 1,500th anniversary of the birth of the Prophet.
The event was attended by Hossein Dehghan, director of the Mostaza Fan Foundation, and Hamidreza Soleimani, chief executive of the Dafinah Museums Institute.
Katayon Perasaedi, chairman of the board of directors of the Duffina Museum Institute, outlined a brief history of money at the ceremony. She said that trade initially relied on barter before marking exchanges before using seals, and later said metal coins were introduced in Iran during the Achaemenid empire.
She added that the Parthian coins carried the king’s portrait for the first time, followed by Sassanian coins with religious motifs.
“The coins announced today are historic works, the oldest since the Abbashid era, and the latest in the Qajar dynasty,” she added.
The collection will be open for two weeks at the Astan Quds Razabi Museum in Mashhad, according to organizers.
The week of Islamic Unity is observed annually between the dates when Sunni and Shia Muslims are considered the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad.
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