ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Suleiman ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 96-99 / AD 715-717. AV Solidus – Dinar (13mm, 4.28 g, 6h). North Africa mint. Dated AH 98 (AD 716/7). (retrograde S)Λ∂ FRT IN AFRK AN XCVIII, first portion of the kalimat at-tayyiba: lā ilāha illā-llāhu (there is no god except Allah) in two lines / IN N ∂NI N ∂(retrograde S) NI(retrograde S)I ∂(retrograde S) (retrograde S)OL(retrograde S) (retrograde S) N (retrograde S), second portion of the kalimat at-tayyiba: muḥammadun rasūlu -llāhi (Muhammad is the messenger Allah) in two lines. AGC I 34Ca; cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine, 185 and P. 50; Album 121M; ICV 154. A few light marks. Good VF.
The Latin obverse legend bears the mint name "Africa". The marginal reverse legend on this issue is always highly abbreviated. It can probably be expanded to in nomine Domini followed by the first part of the kalimat at-tayyiba, translated into Latin: non est Deus nisi Deus Ipse.