
Oliver White
Head of Department
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See Michael G. Klat, Catalogue of the Post-Reform Dirhams, The Umayyad Dynasty, Spink, London, 2002, nos. 121 and 132.
Inscriptions: Qur'an, suraCXII (al-Ikhlas), (omitting the first 2 words); a form of the shahadah and a version of Qur'an, sura IX (al-tawbah), part of verse 33 with the added, 'Muhammad, the Messenger of God'.
The Umayyad dirham for Andalusia was mainly struck for the payment of taxes and is very rare.