Numismatica Genevensis SA
Auction 8 24-25 November 2014
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THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY, AH 41-132 (661-750). AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF UMAYYAD COINAGE.
A UNIQUE DIRHAM STRUCK IN NORTH AFRICA. 'Umar, AH 99-101 (717-720).
Dirham AH 100 (718-19), Ifriqiya (Afrique du Nord). Inscription centrale sur trois lignes, entourée d'une légende circulaire / Inscription centrale sur quatre lignes entourée d'une légende circulaire. 2,70g. A - ; Klat - ; Shams Eshragh -.
Unique et splendide.
A hitherto unrecorded but very significant coin. This dirham is very similar in style to that from the Damascus mint, suggesting that the dies were produced in Damascus and then sent to local engravers in the provinces as models.
THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY, AH 41-132 (661-750). AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF UMAYYAD COINAGE.
A UNIQUE DIRHAM STRUCK IN NORTH AFRICA. 'Umar, AH 99-101 (717-720).
Dirham AH 100 (718-19), Ifriqiya (Afrique du Nord). Inscription centrale sur trois lignes, entourée d'une légende circulaire / Inscription centrale sur quatre lignes entourée d'une légende circulaire. 2,70g. A - ; Klat - ; Shams Eshragh -.
Unique et splendide.
A hitherto unrecorded but very significant coin. This dirham is very similar in style to that from the Damascus mint, suggesting that the dies were produced in Damascus and then sent to local engravers in the provinces as models.