Key Last Year in the Series

CNG 112, Lot: 705. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Marwan II ibn Muhammad. AH 127-132 / AD 744-750. AV Dinar (19.5mm, 4.22 g, 6h). Unnamed (Dimashq [Damascus]?) mint. Dated AH 132 (AD 749/50). 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 lī-yuzhirahu ’ala al-dīn kollihi walau kariha 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) / 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 l-dinār fī sanat ithnatain wa thelathīn wa mi´at (in the name of Allah struck this dinar in the year 132 (after the Hijra)). AGC I 43; SICA 2 327; Album 141; ICV 226. Lightly toned, numerous scattered marks. VF. Key last year of the Umayyad series.