Details
LOT 4047
Umayyad Caliphate AR Dirham. Time of Yazid II (b. 'Abd al-Malik), dated AH 104 (AD 722/3). Arran mint.
Standard Umayyad Shahadah at the centre with marginal stating mint and year / "Umayyad Symbol" (Quran 112) in four lines across fields; "Second Symbol" (Quran 9.33) in margin. Album - (RR, active for date 89-91 only). Very Fine. Toned. Extremely rare mint; apparently unrecorded with this date.(2.43gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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