Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani led the most significant Kharijite uprising of the late Umayyad period, briefly controlling much of Iraq and the Jazira — including Mosul — between 745 and 746 before being killed at the Battle of Kafartuta. Coinage struck in his name at Mosul is among the few physical traces of his administration, issued during a window when Umayyad central authority had effectively collapsed in the region.
The Album reference A#A209 places this among the rarest categories of early Islamic copper, issued by a rebel authority with no dynastic continuity.
Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani led the most significant Kharijite uprising of the late Umayyad period, briefly controlling much of Iraq and the Jazira — including Mosul — between 745 and 746 before being killed at the Battle of Kafartuta. Coinage struck in his name at Mosul is among the few physical traces of his administration, issued during a window when Umayyad central authority had effectively collapsed in the region.
The Album reference A#A209 places this among the rarest categories of early Islamic copper, issued by a rebel authority with no dynastic continuity.