one of the rarest
UMAYYAD DINAR, TIME OF HISHAM BIN ‘ABD AL-MALIK, IFRIQIYA 114 H.
ABBASID, AL-MUTAWAKKIL ‘ALA-ALLAH, DINAR, ARMINIYA 246 H.
When gold dinars were first issued in Ifriqiya (North Africa) and al-Andalus (Spain) they bore the same legends as the Umayyad half dinar denomination. But, as this may have caused confusion to their users, by the time this piece was struck the legends, except for the addition of the mint name, were identical to those mintless dinars struck in Damascus.
While the Umayyads and early Abbasids struck many dirhams at the mint of Arminiya, gold dinars are excessively rare, with only three examples recorded. This piece was struck in the last year of al-Mutawakkil's hostile occupation of Armenia, before he removed his troops and released the rebel leader, at which time peace was restored.
dirhams issued by
Umayyad dinar, time of Hisham bin ‘Abd al-Malik, struck in Ifriqiya in the year 122 H.
partisans of ‘Abd
By this time the legends on the gold dinars in both east and west followed the same wording and pattern, with the exception that the Umayyad mints in Ifriqiya and al-Andalus bore their mint names in the reverse marginal legend. It is possible that this coinage was struck to support the first Muslim campaign against the Byzantines in Sicily.
ABBASID REVOLUTIONARY, TIME OF ‘ABD ALLAH BIN MU’AWIYA, DIRHAM, DARABJIRD 129 H.
This is one of the rarest dirhams issued by partisans of ‘Abd Allah bin Mu’awiya in the centre of revolutionary activity, the province of Fars. The extra marginal legend from the Holy Qur’an calls for loyalty towards the love of kindred, implying the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.
Allah bin Mu’awiya
Abbasid dinar, time of al-Saffah bin Muhammad, without mint name 132 h.
Abbasid dinar, al-Musta’in billah, Makka 248 H.
The Abbasid revolution was displayed in the coinage by substituting the words of Qur’an surah 112 with Muhammad rasul Allah in the reverse field on both their dinars and dirhams.
This is an Abbasid dinar of conventional design struck in the name of the Caliph al-Musta’in in the Holy City of Makka in 248 h. While this mint name became more frequently encountered at this time, it is still very rare.
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