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Drachm - Abd Al-Malik ibn Marwan
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 75 (694) |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylized bust of the Sasanian king Khusraw II facing right, rendered in the late Sasanian tradition with characteristic crown and drapery. To the right of the bust, the Arabic Kufic legend 'duriba fi sanat' (struck in the year) appears in the field, with 'khams wa sab'in' (seventy-five) continuing the date reference. The outer marginal legend reads the Shahada in Kufic script: 'bismillah — la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu Muhammad rasul Allah' (In the name of God — there is no god but God alone, Muhammad is the Messenger of God). This transitional issue retains Sasanian iconographic conventions while introducing the Islamic religious formula in place of earlier Pahlavi marginal inscriptions. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic (Kufic) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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