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Solidus / Dinar - Suleiman ibn 'Abd al-Malik
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 716 |
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| Currency | Solidus (661-750) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the first part of the Islamic declaration of faith (shahada) in two lines of bold Kufic script: لا اله الا الله ('There is no god but God'). The inscription is contained within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by a circular marginal legend in Kufic script running along the border of the flan. The lettering is deeply struck and characteristic of the aniconic epigraphic coinage introduced under the Umayyad monetary reform. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, as typical of hammered gold dinars of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | SΛ∂ FRT IN AFRK AN XCVIII (S retrograde) around. لا اله ا لا الله |
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| Reverse script | Arabic (Kufic) |
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