ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 86-96 / AD 705-715. AR Dirham (26.5mm, 2.93 g, 10h). Hulwan mint. Dated AH 91 (AD 709/10).Triton XXIV Early Medieval & Islamic, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Estimate: $ 4 000 |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 86-96 / AD 705-715. AR Dirham (26.5mm, 2.93 g, 10h). Hulwan mint. Dated AH 91 (AD 709/10). 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) / 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, bismillāh zarb hazā āl-dirham bi-hulwan fī sanat ihdā wa tis’īn (in the name of Allah struck this dirham in Hulwan in the year one and ninety (after the Hijra)). Klat 280 (same dies as illustration); SICA 2, 556 (same dies); Album 128; ICV 260. Lustrous, trace of double strike, deposits on reverse. Superb EF. Very rare in this condition. |