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| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 711 |
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| Weight | 5.01 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears three lines of Arabic Kufic script proclaiming the shahada, reading 'lā ilāha / illā allāh / waḥdahu' (There is no god but God alone), enclosed within a single linear circle. The surrounding marginal band carries a continuous Arabic legend in Kufic script. The overall design follows the purely epigraphic, aniconic style characteristic of reformed Umayyad coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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711 is the year Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and dismantled the Visigothic kingdom in a single campaigning season. Anonymous copper fals from this precise moment in Umayyad expansion were frequently struck at hastily established or repurposed mints following conquest, with local craftsmen often adapting Byzantine or Visigothic coin-making infrastructure before standardized Islamic types could be imposed. The anonymity itself is deliberate — orthodox Umayyad monetary policy resisted associating the caliph's name with base metal coinage.