Catalogus
| Uitgever | Umayyad Caliphate |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 697-702 |
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| Valuta | Dinar (661-750) |
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| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Arabic |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Arabic |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
These early Umayyad dinars represent the direct outcome of the currency reform ordered by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, who in 77 AH (696–697 AD) abolished the Byzantine-derived figurative coinage that had briefly served the caliphate and replaced it with a purely epigraphic design — a radical break driven as much by theological principle as by a desire to assert independent Islamic monetary authority against Constantinople. The reform followed years of tension, including a reported Byzantine threat by Justinian II to stamp blasphemous inscriptions on gold coins being used in Arab-Byzantine trade.
The absence of a mint name on these early issues is deliberate, not an omission. Central production, almost certainly at Damascus, was part of projecting unified caliphal authority.