Watch List notes:

UMAYYAD, TEMP. YAZID II (102-105h), Dirham, al-Andalus 105h. OBVERSE: Annulets (if any) off-flan. REVERSE: Annulets o o o o o. WEIGHT: 2.95g. REFERENCE: cf Klat 118.b, citing a single example of this type. CONDITION: Good very fine and extremely rare. During the course of the year 105h the calligraphy at the mint of al-Andalus underwent a major stylistic change. Early dirhams of 103h and 104h show the curved style of lettering associated with Damascus and mints in the North and West, while later coins have the angular script associated with Wasit and the East. Only one other example of a dirham dated 105h with this earlier calligraphy appears to have been published (Klat 118.b), on which the diameter of the obverse field is considerably smaller meaning that the annulets in the outer border are clearly visible. The present coin, which is of full weight and struck on a broad flan, has a much wider obverse field, meaning that the marginal legend is almost at the rim of the coin and no border is visible. If the obverse die did carry annulets, these must have been placed outside the triple circle around the marginal legend, and it is difficult to see how they could ever have been visible on a coin struck on a regular flan. (3000 - 4000 GBP)