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Dirham - Abd al-Malik Ramhurmuz
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 698 |
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| Currency | Dinar (661-750) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents an entirely epigraphic design in the reformed Umayyad style introduced under Caliph Abd al-Malik. The central field carries the Islamic profession of faith (Shahada) in three lines of bold Kufic script: 'There is no god but God alone, He has no partner.' A circular marginal legend surrounds the central inscription, separated by a plain inner border and an outer dentilated rim, recording the mint name Ramhurmuz and the date of striking in the year seventy-nine (AH 79). The coin bears no figural imagery, reflecting the strictly aniconic monetary reform of 77 AH, and the overall execution is characteristic of early post-reform Umayyad silver coinage with robust, angular Kufic letterforms. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic (Kufic) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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