CNG 109, Lot: 788. Estimate $1000. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Dirham (28mm, 2.84 g, 7h). Shaqq al-Taymara mint. Dated AH 79 (AD 698/9). First portion of the kalimat at-tawḥīd: lā ilāha illā-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka la (there is no god except Allah, and one [is] he; (there is) no partner to him) in three lines; in outer margin, b-ismi-llāh zarb hazā āl-dirham bi-shaqq al-taymara fī sanat tis’ seb’īn (in the name of Allah struck this dirham in Shaqq al-Taymara in the year seven and ninety (after the Hijra)) / Second portion of the kalimat aṭ-ṭaiyibah: muḥammadur rasūlu -llāh (Muhammad is the messenger of Allah) and name of al-Muktafi in three lines; li-’llah above; in outer margin, the “Umayyad Second Symbol” (Sura 9 [al-tauba]:33): [muḥammadur] rasūlu-llāh arsalahu bi-’lhudā wa dīn al-haqq lī-yuzhirahu ’ala al-dīn kollihi walau ka[riha al-mushrikūn] (Muhammad is the messenger of Allah; him He sent with guidance and true faith to make it prevail over all other faiths even though the polytheists may hate it). Klat 201; Album 126; ICV 250. VF, toned, a few deposits. Rare date from a very rare mint.