Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVI 26 Sep 2018
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Spain, Umayyad Caliphate AV Solidus. Time of Suleiman ibn 'Abd al-Malik. Spanish mint, dated AH 98 (AD 716/7)."This dinar is coined in Al-Andalus in the year eight and ninety" around second half of the shahada ("Muhammad is the messenger of Allah") in two lines across field / FERITOS SOLI IN SPAN AN (retrograde) around star of eight points. Bernardi 35Aa, C.0003 (same dies); Balaguer 42 = Walker p.79, C.18 (same rev. die); Morton & Eden 69, 6 (same dies). 4.08g, 14mm.
Near Mint State. Extremely Rare.
From a private European collection.
This extremely rare, one year bilingual type is the first appearance of the Arabic script on a coin struck in Muslim Spain. The Arabic legends are correctly engraved, whereas the Latin inscriptions are abbreviated and the Roman numeral date is entirely missing from this die, clearly indicating that the Arabic version took precedence over the Latin.
Near Mint State. Extremely Rare.
From a private European collection.
This extremely rare, one year bilingual type is the first appearance of the Arabic script on a coin struck in Muslim Spain. The Arabic legends are correctly engraved, whereas the Latin inscriptions are abbreviated and the Roman numeral date is entirely missing from this die, clearly indicating that the Arabic version took precedence over the Latin.