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Fals - Anonymous Ba'albak
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 696-750 |
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| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded circle, the Islamic profession of faith (kalima) rendered in Arabic Kufic script, arranged in multiple lines across the field. The inscription reads the shahada declaring the oneness of Allah, with no figural imagery, consistent with the aniconic reform coinage introduced under the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, characteristic of hammered copper production of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | لااله الا الله وحده (Translation: La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu: `There are no gods but Allah, the only one.`) |
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| Mint | Baalbek (Ba'albak) |
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