Umayyad, dinar, Ifriqiya 116h, rev., two pellets below field, 4.28g (Bernardi 43Ca, this date not listed; cf Walker p.10, P.55 = Lavoix 465 [dated 117h]), very fine and of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. This coin fills in one of the gaps in the sequence of Umayyad dinars from the mint of Ifriqiya. Examples are known for the years 114h and 117h, both from unique coins first published by Lavoix in the nineteenth century. Like the specimen dated 117h, the present coin has two pellets below the third line of the reverse field. While all dates for Umayyad post-Reform gold from Ifriqiya are at least very rare, and several dates are in fact only known from single examples, it does seem that a more-or-less regular coinage of dinars was produced from 100h until the early 120s. For the twenty-three years from 100h through 122h inclusive, the only dates for which no gold coins are currently reported appear to be 108h, 109h, 112h, 113h, 115h, 118h, 119h and 120h. (£20000-30000)