Dirham

Medieval Islamic

Metal: Silver.

Issuing entity: Eastern Umayyad Caliphate.

Mint: Wāsit (Iraq).

Date: Year 126 A.D./743-744 A.D.

Obverse:

IC: لا اله الا الا
لله وحده
لا شريك له
IM: Value, mint and date.

Reverse:

IIC: الله احد الله
الصمد لم يلد و
لم يولد و لم يكن
له كفوا احد
IIM: Koran 61, 9.

Weight: 2.80 gr. - Diameter: 24 mm. - Axes: 5 h.

Described in: Klat, M.G., 2002: Catalogue of the Post-Reform Dirhams. The Umayyad Dynasty, Spink, London, no. 719a.

Published in: Doménech Belda, C., Ramón Sánchez, J.J., Ahuir Domínguez, J.A., 2010: "Catálogo. Edad Media", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Coins. Todas las caras de la Historia. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 130.

Monetary Inventory Number: 5791.

Purchase. Pérez Cortés Collection.