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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Islamic| > IS92102
Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, Arab Pseudo-Byzantine Coinage, Caliph 'Abd al Malik, c. 685 - 705 A.D.
|Islamic|, |Islamic,| |Umayyad| |Caliphate,| |Arab| |Pseudo-Byzantine| |Coinage,| |Caliph| |'Abd| |al| |Malik,| |c.| |685| |-| |705| |A.D.|, The first Islamic coins were imitations of Byzantine and Sasanian types. ‘Abd al-Malik removed the transverse bar of the cross and introduced the Muslim profession of faith: "There is no god but God alone; Muhammad is the Messenger of God." The Byzantine emperor Justinian II expressed his disapproval and then put the image of Jesus on the obverse of his coins. This standing caliph obverse type was likely struck in a tit for tat response to Justinian's change.
IS92102. Bronze fals, cf. Walker BMC p. 38 and pl VIII, 126; SIC Ashmolean 718; Khalili IV 60; Goodwin -; DOCAB -; Mitchiner WOI -, aVF, flatly struck, earthen deposits, Amman mint, weight 2.911g, maximum diameter 17.4mm, die axis 0o, c. 74 - 77 AH, 693 - 697 A.D.; obverse Arabic inscription: for the servant of God, Abd al-Malik, commander of the believers, caliph standing facing, wearing Arab headdress and long robes, right hand on pommel of sword hanging on left side; reverse Arabic inscription: there is no deity but God, He is alone, Muhammad is the messenger of God, transformed cross resembling Φ on four steps, eight pointed star left, Arabic mint name downward on right: Amman; ex John Jencek; scarce; SOLD











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