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ARAB-SASSANIAN: THE FIRST EVIDENCE ...
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ARAB-SASSANIAN: THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF ISLAM ON COINAGE, CIRCA AH 31-83 (652-702). - Umayya b. 'Abd Allah, AH 73-78 (693-698). Drachme ... Leggi tutto
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ARAB-SASSANIAN: THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF ISLAM ON COINAGE, CIRCA AH 31-83 (652-702).

- Umayya b. 'Abd Allah, AH 73-78 (693-698). Drachme AH 74 (693), Khorasan. Buste sassanide couronné d'un casque ailé à droite. Inscription marginale "bism Allah la ilah illa Allah Muhammad rasul Allah " / Autel zororastrien entre deux servants. 4,09g. A - (cf. 29) ; Shams Eshragh - ; Walker - (cf. 211) ; SIC Ashmolean - (cf. p. 33).
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Note
An apparently unique and unpublished coin. The name "Khorasan" is not found in Shams Eshragh, but is mentioned by Walker and Album (SIC Ashmolean I p. 33) with a shorter marginal inscription. This reference to a province, rather than a city, is unusual. Furthermore, the coin's damascene-inspired type, which includes a long passage from the Quran, suggests an attempt to centralise the silver coinage. This was an important step towards the creation of a pure Islamic coinage, which would emerge several years later.
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