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Dirham - Yazid bin Abd al-Malik - 'Yazid II'
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 720-724 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears an entirely epigraphic design in the Umayyad reformed style, with no figural imagery. The central field contains the Islamic declaration of faith (shahada) in Kufic Arabic script: 'There is no god but Allah alone, He has no associate.' The marginal legend, running along the coin's circumference, reads in Arabic: 'In the name of Allah, this dirham was struck in Ifriqiya in the year one hundred and three,' providing the mint and regnal date. The Kufic letterforms are angular and characteristic of early 8th-century Umayyad epigraphy. |
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| Obverse lettering | لا اله الا الله وحده لا شرك له / بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بإفريقية سنة ثلث ومئة |
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| Edge | Plain |
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