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Dirham - Anonymous Hamadan
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 698-750 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a multi-line Arabic Kufic inscription arranged in horizontal registers, comprising the Shahada and related religious formulae. The inscription is enclosed within a circular marginal legend in Arabic script running along the inner border, itself surrounded by a beaded or dotted outer rim. The overall design is aniconic, consistent with the reformed coinage introduced under Abd al-Malik, with no figurative imagery. The die work is characteristic of early Islamic hammered silver production, with the lettering displaying the angular, monumental quality typical of early Kufic epigraphy. |
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| Reverse description | Central field contains a multi-line Arabic Kufic inscription in horizontal registers, typically including the declaration of Muhammad as the messenger of God and a Quranic verse. A circular marginal legend in Arabic script encircles the central text, running continuously along the inner border and framed by a beaded outer rim. The reverse follows the standard Umayyad reformed dirham typology established in AH 79 (698 CE), with the mint name and regnal year incorporated into the marginal inscription. The epigraphy is rendered in the characteristic angular early Kufic style, with no figural or decorative elements. |
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| Mintage | ND (698-750) |
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