26 Centuries of Gold
746 UMAYYAD Marwan II
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
ISLAMIC DYNASTIES |
| Item Description: |
DINAR AH128(746) Umayyad MARWAN II |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 64 |
| Owner: |
deposito |
Owner Comments:
The last Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate. Marwan II ibn Muhammad, AH 127-132 / AD 744-750.
Dinar (Gold, 19.2 mm, 4.28 g, 6 h), without mint name, AH 128 = AD 745/6.
In inner field: 'no God but Allah, He is alone, He has no associate' (in Kufic); in inner margin: 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah who sent him with guidance and the religion of truth that he might make it supreme over all other religions' (in Kufic). Rev. In inner field: 'Allah is One, Allah is eternal, He does not beget nor is He begotten' (in Kufic); in inner margin: 'in the name of Allah this dinar was struck in the year eight and twenty and one hundred' (in Kufic).
SICA II, 305.