Coins and Antiquities Consignment Shop
  Welcome To Forum Ancient Coins!!! All Items Purchased From Forum Ancient Coins Are Guaranteed Authentic For Eternity!!! Please Call Us If You Have Questions 252-646-1958 or 252-497-2724 Expert Authentication - Accurate Descriptions - Reasonable Prices - Coins From Under $10 To Museum Quality Rarities Welcome To Forum Ancient Coins!!! All Items Purchased From Forum Ancient Coins Are Guaranteed Authentic For Eternity!!! Internet Challenged? We Are Happy To Take Your Order Over The Phone 252-646-1958 Explore Our Website And Find Joy In The History, Numismatics, Art, Mythology, And Geography Of Coins!!!

×Catalog Main Menu
Fine Coins Showcase
Antiquities Showcase
New & Reduced
Show Empty Categories
Shop Search
Shopping Cart
My FORVM
Contact Us
About Forum
Shopping at Forum
Our Guarantee
Payment Options
Shipping Options & Fees
Privacy & Security
Forum Staff
Selling Your Coins
Identifying Your Coin
FAQs
zoom.asp
    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Islamic| > IS99552
Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, Caliph 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, 685 - 705 A.D., Arab Pseudo-Byzantine
|Islamic|, |Islamic,| |Umayyad| |Caliphate,| |Caliph| |'Abd| |al-Malik| |ibn| |Marwan,| |685| |-| |705| |A.D.,| |Arab| |Pseudo-Byzantine|, 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.
IS99552. Bronze fals, SICA I 634 (same rev. die), Khalili IV 46, Album 3529, DOCAB 119, Walker BMC 107, aVF, dark patina, light green deposits, Halab (Aleppo, Syria) tribal mint, weight 3.998g, maximum diameter 17.8mm, c. 693 - 699; obverse Arabic inscription: for the servant of God, Abd al-Malik, commander of the believers, Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, left hand on pommel of sword hanging in its scabbard to his left; reverse Arabic inscription: there is no deity but God, He is alone, Muhammad is the messenger of God, tall thin transformed cross; Arabic: bi-halab (struck in Halab) upwards left, Arabic: wâf (full-value) downwards right; from the Michael Arslan Collection; SOLD










REFERENCES

Album, S.A. Checklist of Islamic Coins. (Santa Rosa, CA, 1998).
Album, S. & T. Goodwin. Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean Museum, Volume 1, The Pre-Reform Coinage of the Early Islamic Period. (Oxford, 2002).
Bellinger, A.R. & P. Grierson, eds. Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection. (Washington D.C., 1966 - 1999).
Foss, C. Arab-Byzantine Coins: An Introduction, with a Catalogue of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. (Harvard University Press, 2008).
Goodwin, T. Arab-Byzantine Coinage. Studies in the Khalili Collection. (London, 2005).
Hahn, W. Moneta Imperii Byzantini. (Vienna, 1973-81).
Hendy, M. Coinage and Money in the Byzantine Empire 1081-1261. (Washington D.C., 1969).
Hennequin, G. Catalogue des monnaies musulmanes de la Bibliotheque Nationale. (Paris, 1985).
Malloy, A.G., I.F. Preston, & A.J Seltman. Coins of the Crusader States. (New York, 2004).
Metcalf, D.M. Coinage of the Crusaders and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford. (London, 1995).
Mitchiner, M. Oriental Coins and Their Values Volume One : The World of Islam. (London, 1977).
Sear, D. R. Byzantine Coins and Their Values. (London, 1987).
Spengler, W.F. & W.G. Sayles. Turkoman Figural Bronze Coins and Their Iconography. (Lodi, 1992).
Ratto, R. Monnaies Byzantines et d'autre Pays contemporaines à l'époque byzantine. (Lugano, 1930).
Tolstoi, I. Monnaies byzantines. (St. Petersburg, 1913 - 14).
Walker, J. A Catalogue of the Muhammadan Coins in The British Museum. Volume 2: A Catalogue of the Arab-Byzantine and Post-Reform Umaiyad Coins. (London, 1956).
Wroth, W. Catalogue of the Imperial Byzantine Coins in the British Museum. (London, 1908).
Wroth, W. Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths, Lombards and of the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea, and Trebizond in the British Museum. (London, 1911).

Catalog current as of Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Page created in 1.265 seconds.
All coins are guaranteed for eternity