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Umayyad Caliphate
Gold Dinar, AH 123
temp. Hisham, Umayyad Caliph, AH 105-125/AD 724-743
SICA-2, 278ff; A 136. Mint State.
No mint name (Damascus). Kalima at center, Qur’an 9:33 in margin; Reverse, Qur’an 112; date formula
in margin. Scarce date.
235
Umayyad Caliphate
Gold Dinar, AH 125
temp. Hisham / al-Walid II, Umayyad Caliphs, AH 105-125/AD 724-743; AH 125-126/AD 743
SICA-2, 288ff; A 136. Extremely Fine.
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 125h are conventionally ascribed to Hish-
am. However, since both Hisham and al-Walid II reigned in that year, both are possible.
236
Umayyad Caliphate
Gold Dinar, AH 126
temp. al-Walid II / Yazid III / Ibrahim, Umayyad Caliphs, AH 125-126/AD 743; AH 126/AD
743-744; AH 126-127/AD 744
SICA-2, 293ff; A T138. Extremely Fine.
No mint name (Damascus). Kalima at center, Qur’an 9:33 in margin; reverse, Qur’an 112; date formula
in margin. Dinars of 126h are rare and although they may belong to any of the three caliphs who ruled in
that year, they are conventionally assigned to al-Walid II.