Umayyad reformed silver dirham

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Period

from AD 698

Issuing entity

Umayyad Caliphate

Purely epigraphic silver dirham introduced after the coinage reform, bearing Kufic religious inscriptions and, in the margin, the mint name and year of the Hijra.

Historical context

The reform replaced figural Byzantine and Sasanian derived designs with text alone.

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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