| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2888 Price realized: 500 CHF (Approx. 568 USD / 524 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. Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 105-125 / AD 724-743. Dinar (Gold, 19 mm, 4.13 g, 6 h), AH 121 = 738/9. '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 iḥḍā wa ʿishrīn wa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in the year 121' in Arabic). Album 136. Areas of weakness and minor scratches, 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 |  |
