103 / 166
Tyrants of the Tigris & euphrates
231
Umayyad Caliphate
Gold Dinar, AH 99
temp. Sulayman / ‘Umar, Umayyad Caliphs, AH 96-99/AD 715-717; AH 99-101/AD 717-720
SICA-2, 132 var (point beneath “b” of duriba); A 130. Mint State.
No mint name (Damascus). Kalima at center, Qur’an 9:33 in margin; Reverse, Qur’an 112; date formula
in margin. The Umayyad dinars are anonymous. Coins dated 97-99h are conventionally assigned to
Sulayman but since both Sulayman and ‘Umar reigned in that year, both are equally possible.
232
Umayyad Caliphate
Gold Dinar, AH 100
temp. ‘Umar, Umayyad Caliph, AH 99-101/AD 717-720
SICA-2, 146 var (point below “b” of duriba); A 132. Extremely Fine.
No mint name (Damascus). Kalima at center, Qur’an 9:33 in margin; Reverse, Qur’an 112; date formula
in margin.
233
Umayyad Caliphate
Gold Dinar, AH 101
temp. ‘Umar / Yazid II, Umayyad Caliphs, AH 99-101/AD 717-720; AH 101-105/AD 720-724
SICA-2, 157ff; A 132. Mint State.
No mint name (Damascus). Kalima at center, Qur’an 9:33 in margin; Reverse, Qur’an 112; date formula
in margin. The Umayyad dinars are anonymous. Coins dated 101h are conventionally ascribed to ‘Umar.
However, since both ‘Umar and Yazid II reigned in that year, both are possible.