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Solidus / Dinar 'bilingual' - Unknown - al-Andalus - Transitional coinage Spain and North Africa - Arab-Byzantine

Issuer Umayyad Caliphate
Year 716-717
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Reverse description The reverse displays a central star or asterisk symbol in the field, surrounded by a circular Latin marginal legend reading HIC NON DEUS NISI DEUS SOLUS, enclosed within a beaded border. The inscription, a Latin rendering of the Islamic monotheistic declaration, is characteristic of the bilingual transitional coinage struck in al-Andalus under Umayyad authority. The lettering is executed in late Roman lapidary capitals. The design is devoid of figural motifs, marking a deliberate departure from the Byzantine prototype solidi that preceded this issue. The irregular flan reflects hand-struck hammered production typical of early eighth-century Hispano-Arabic coinage.
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Edge Plain (irregular)
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Mintage 97 (716) - -
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