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LOT 4046
Umayyad Caliphate AR Dirham. Dated AH 96 (AD 714/5). Al-Taymara 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. Klat 212; ICV 251. Very Fine.(2.55gr, 27mm, 8h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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