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Dirham - Anonymous Wasit
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 702-750 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing four horizontal lines of Kufic Arabic legend drawn from Quranic text (Surah Al-Ikhlas and the Shahada of prophethood), occupying the inner die area. A circular marginal legend in Arabic script runs between a pair of concentric circles forming the inner border, though this circumferential inscription is largely illegible on the present specimen. The design is wholly epigraphic, consistent with the canonical Umayyad reformed silver dirham type introduced by Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan and perpetuated throughout the dynasty's mint production. No figural elements, symbols, or decorative motifs are present beyond the framing circles. The reverse type reflects the standardised religious programme common to all Umayyad dirhams struck from 77 AH onwards. |
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| Reverse lettering | الله احد الله الصمد لم يلد و لم يولد ولم يكن له كفوا احد محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون (Translation: He is God, the One and Only God, the Eternal, and Absolute, who has not begotten, and has not been begotten and there is none like unto Him. ---------------------------- Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, sent him by guidance and the religion of truth to show him on all religion, even if the polytheists hated him) |
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