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Fals - temp. Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik - 'Al-Walid I' al-Maɣréb
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 705-715 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Aniconic epigraphic field carrying the second clause of the Islamic shahada in three lines of bold Kufic Arabic script: 'Muhammad rasul Allah' (Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah). The inscription occupies the central field of the irregular copper flan, with no figural imagery, border, pellet ring, or visible mint mark. The angular Kufic letterforms are deeply struck and stylistically consistent with early Umayyad epigraphic coinage attributed to the western provinces (al-Maghreb) under al-Walid I. The purely textual reverse adheres to the reformed Umayyad monetary tradition, which eliminated all figural representation in favour of Quranic inscription. Slight flan irregularity and die misalignment are typical of hammered production of this period and region. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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