Umayyaden-Kalifat Solidus / Dinar - Abd al-Malik - standing caliph type, 694 – 741

Solidus / Dinar - Abd al-Malik - standing caliph t aus Umayyaden-Kalifat. Ausgegeben von 694 bis 741. Geprägt in Gold (.916). Durchmesser 19 mm, Gewicht 4.3 g.

Avers

Abd al-Malik is shown here dressed in traditional Arab head-dress and robes and holding a sword. Around the margin is the Islamic profession of faith, the shahada.

Revers

Image of a Byzantine cross on steps. The Arabic legend around it contains the date, AH 76. The inscriptions are in a style of angular script sometimes known as Kufic, typical of this period.