TEHRAN – Iran will unveil 63 historical coins inscribed with the name of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) for the first time during Islamic Unity Week, officials said on Thursday.

Hamidreza Soleimani, head of the Dafineh Museums Group, said the coins will be presented on Sunday, Sept. 7, at a ceremony marking the 1,500th anniversary of the Prophet’s birth. The event will take place at the Shahid Zahedi Hall of the Mostazafan Foundation in Tehran, he added.

Soleimani said the 63 coins, symbolizing the years of the Prophet’s life, were selected from the foundation’s treasury of historic currency. Following the unveiling, they will be on public display for two weeks at the Astan Quds Razavi Museum in Mashhad.

The collection includes some of the most prominent gold dinars and silver dirhams from across the Islamic world, Soleimani said. The oldest coin dates back to the 7th century CE, while the most recent belongs to Iran’s Qajar period.

He said the coins span multiple dynasties, including the Abbasids, Samanids, Aghlabids, Tulunids, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, Seljuks, Ilkhanids, Timurids, Safavids, Afsharids and Qajars. Their geographic origins include the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Levant and North Africa.

Islamic Unity Week is observed annually between the dates regarded by Sunni and Shia Muslims as the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday.

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