Rare Half Dinar from al-Anadalus

Triton XX, Lot: 1140. Estimate $10000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid II ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 101-105 / AD 720-724. AV Nisf – Half Dinar (16mm, 2.15 g, 6h). al-Andalus (Qurtubah [Cordoba]) mint. Dated AH 102 (AD 721/2). First portion of the kalimat at-tawḥīd: lā ilāha illā-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu (there is no god except Allah, and one [is] he; (there is) no partner to him) in three lines; in outer margin, the “Umayyad Second Symbol” (Sura 9 [al-tauba]:33): muḥammadur rasūlu-llāh arsalahu bi-’lhudā wa dīn al-haqq (Muhammad is the messenger of Allah; him He sent with guidance and true faith) / The “Umayyad Symbol” (Sura 112 [al-ikhlas]) Āllah ahad Āllah āl-samad lam yalīd wa lam yalūd (Allah [is] One; Allah [is] the Eternal, the Absolute; not begetting and not begotten) in three lines; in outer margin, b-ismi-llāh zarb hazā āl-dinār b-il Andalus fī sanat ithnatain wa mi’at (in the name of Allah struck this dinar in al-Andalus in the year two and one hundred (after the Hijra)). AGC I 45Aa; cf. Gomez, Hispano 10 (for type); Album 134C; ICV –; New York Sale XXIII, lot 388. Good VF, hint of deposits, a couple of minor scrapes on reverse, evidence of possibly having been placed in a bezel. Extremely rare.