ARAB-ARMENIAN, MUHAMMAD B. MARWAN Drachm
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 75-78h
Roman letter T replaces star in crescent at 6 o'clock. REVERSE: Fire-altar with attendants; blundered date-legend to left, mint-letter š to right. Roman letter M replaces star in crescent at 3 o'clock.
Secondly, these letters are the only symbols on these coins which are not in the Pahlawi or Arabic scripts. Thirdly, Armenia was one of very few places in the Islamic world where the Greek or Roman alphabets would have been in common use, unlike the former Sasanian lands where the Persian language and Pahlawi script had dominated before the coming of Islam. In either case, these letters give evidence that Arabic was not yet fully established as an administrative language in the region and that Greek-speaking workmen or officials were still involved with minting in Armenia at the time.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- Drachm
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- WEIGHT: 3.20g
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 73870504
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.