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Fals - tem. Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik - 'Al-Walid I' al-Andalus
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 705-715 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Al-Walid I's reign saw the most aggressive phase of Umayyad expansion, including Tariq ibn Ziyad's crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar in 711 — the campaign that made al-Andalus a political reality at all. Copper fals from this transitional period were struck as Arab-Byzantine and Arab-Sasanian monetary conventions were still being renegotiated across the caliphate's rapidly extending frontiers. Iberian issues are particularly difficult to attribute with confidence, as early al-Andalus mint infrastructure was improvised and inconsistent.