| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2886 Price realized: 480 CHF (Approx. 545 USD / 503 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 86-96 / AD 705-715. Dinar (Gold, 20 mm, 4.21 g, 6 h), AH 95 = 713/4. 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him' in Arabic); in the margin, 'Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions' in Arabic). Rev. 'Allāh aḥad Allāh / al-ṣamad lam yalid / wa lam yūlad' ('Allah is One, Allah is Absolute, He begets not, nor is He begotten' in Arabic; Qurʾān 112: 1-3); in the margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār sana khams wa tisʿīn' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in the year 95' in Arabic). Album 127. Some scratches and nicks and with traces of mounting, otherwise, very fine. From the collection of a Swiss scholar and previously from an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
