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Dirham - Anonymous Abarqubadh
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 698-750 |
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| Currency | Dinar (661-750) |
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| Obverse description | Central field contains three lines of Arabic religious inscription arranged horizontally, reading the Shahada formula. The central text is enclosed within a circular inner border of dots or pellets. A continuous marginal legend in Arabic script encircles the design within the outer border, repeating the Quranic proclamation of faith. The overall composition is characteristic of the fully epigraphic post-reform Umayyad dirham type introduced under Abd al-Malik, with no figural imagery. The die is struck on an irregular flan with some weakness at the margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له |
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The anonymous dirhams struck at Abarqubadh belong to the transitional period following Abd al-Malik's sweeping monetary reform of 696–698 AD, which abolished figural imagery and Sasanian-derived designs in favor of purely epigraphic coinage. Abarqubadh, a mint in the Jibal region of western Iran, was one of dozens of provincial mints absorbed into this reformed system. The absence of a caliph's name on this type is not an anomaly — early Umayyad epigraphic coinage frequently omitted personal attribution, placing Quranic authority above dynastic identification.
The weight of 2.60 g sits below the reformed dirham standard of approximately 2.97 g, consistent with known weight drift at provincial mints during the Marwanid period.