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LOT 3347

Umayyad Caliphate. Time of Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik AE Fals. Dated AH 120(?) (AD 737/8). Wâsit mint.

Within two concentric dotted circles, 'There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him' in three lines in Arabic; five annulets in border / Within dotted circle, 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in three lines in Arabic; in the margin, 'In the name of Allah; this fals was struck in Wasit in the year 120' in Arabic. Album 205; cf. Walker 941. Very Fine.(2.99gr, 20mm, 9h.).

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Footnotes

Wâsit was the administrative capital which founded by alo-Hajjâj ibn Yûsuf between al-Basra and al-Kûfa in Irak.

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LOT 3347

Umayyad Caliphate. Time of Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik AE Fals.

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