Specimen record
umm-002
Umm-002 Umayyad Caliphate, temp. Hisham ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (AH 105-125 / AD 724-743). Silver dirham (2.90 gm, 25.30 mm), Wasit, AH 123 = AD 740/1. Album 137.
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umm-002
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- umm-002
- Weight
- 2.90 g
- Diameter
- 25.30 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Reign
- AH 105–125 / AD 724–743
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Dirham
- Mint
- Wasit
- AH
- 123
- AD
- 740/1
- References
- Album 137
Obverse
‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Wāsiṭ sana thalāth wa ʿishrīn wa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Wasit in the year 123’ in Arabic).
Reverse
‘Allāh aḥad Allāh / al-ṣamad lam yalid wa / lam yūlad wa lam yakun / lahū kufuwan aḥad’ (‘Allah is One, Allah is Absolute, He begets not, nor is He begotten, and none is like Him’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 112: 1-4); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic).
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