Coins from the Umayyad Caliphate

Islamic state (in Arabic, ad-dawlah al-islamīyah) is a kind of government (monarchy, republic or democracy) based on Islamic religious law. The Caliphate is a form of monarchic government headed by the Caliph (in Arabic, khalīfa) who is the regent, acting as successor of Muhammad. Second in command after the Caliph, with political and military roles, is the Emir (in Arabic, amīr) literally a "commander". Another sovereign title used by numerous Arab and non-Arab dynasties is the Sultan (in Arabic, sulṭān, "strength", "authority") supreme head of Sunni Islam and ruler in the Ottoman Empire. Arab Bedouin, led by the Prophet Muhammad, starting from 7th century with the Islamic expansion, conquered a huge territory, divulgating or converting different peoples, and continued until the 18th century thanks to the Ottoman and Mughal Empires. After Muhammad's death, the first Caliphate was established. During this first Caliphate, called the Rashidun Caliphate (in Arabic, Khilāfat al-Rāshidūn "Caliphate of the Orthodox") that spanned from 632 to 661, the Umma was governed by the four chosen Caliphs: Abū Bakr, marUmar ibn al-Khattāb, ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān and ʿAlī b. Abi Tālib. The "Orthodox" Caliphate was replaced by the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750) which was governed by the Umayyad dynasty (in Arabic, al-'Umawiyyūn or Banū'Umayya "Sons of Umayya"), coming from Mecca. After toppling the Umayyad Caliphate in the Abbasid revolution, the Abbasid Caliphate (in Arabic, ʿAbbāsiyyūn) was established and lasted from 750 to 1258. The culmination of the Abbasid power was under Hārūn al-Rashīd. His life and fabulous court have been the subject of many anecdotes; the famous tale "One Thousand and One Nights" contains many stories inspired by the myth of his magnificent court. The Fatimid Caliphate (in Arabic, Fāṭimiyyūn) constituted, between 909 and 1171, the most important Ismaili Shiite dynasty in the whole history of Islam and owes its name to the descent from Fātima bt. Muhammad, daughter of the prophet Muhammad. In the mid-11th century, the Seljuks won over the Fatimids in Syria and the loss of Palestine followed, after the Crusades and Saladin's victory in Egypt, marking the end of the Arab empire and the beginning of the new Ayyubid dynasty. After the destruction of the Abbasid Empire by the Mughal Dynasty, the Ottoman Empire came to power. In 1453, it conquered Constantinople, renamed it Istanbul and made it the capital of the empire. Today there are about 1.1 billion Muslims and, not only being Arab, Islam is represented in many major cultures in over 60 countries.
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Dinar (661-750)

1 AV Dinar = 10 AR Dirham = 60 AE Fals

Dirham - Anonymous (Nahr Tira)
80-96

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.84 g
N# 81232

Drachm (661-750)

Drachm - 'Abd Allah b. Khazim (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (653-692)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.96 g
Val Sn# 68, N# 80748

Solidus (661-750)

Available for swap Follis / Fals - Muawiyah I - standing figure type (Arab-Byzantine)
60 (659-680)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4.47 g • ⌀ 19 mm
N# 76248

Drachm (661-750)

Drachm - Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan (Umayyad Governors of Iraq - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (660-674)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.13 g
Val Sn# 65, N# 80756
Drachm - Mu'awiya, caliph (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (661-680)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.99 g • ⌀ 31 mm
Val Sn# 61, A# 5, N# 74315

Solidus (661-750)

Fals - imperial bust
ND (661-680)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4.58 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 307660

Drachm (661-750)

Drachm - Anonymous - Khusraw II type (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (666-670)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.48 g
Val Sn# 58, N# 80769
Drachm - Samura b. Jundab (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (666-674)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.09 g
Val Sn# 5, N# 80754
Drachm - 'Abd al-Rahman b. Zayd (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (672-680)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.92 g
Val Sn# 6, N# 80752
Drachm - Yazid b. al-Muhallab (Arab-Hephthalite)
84 (672-720)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.04 g
N# 86805
Drachm - al-Hakam b. Abi'l-'As (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (673-677)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.95 g
Val Sn# 67, N# 80751

Dinar (661-750)

1 AV Dinar = 10 AR Dirham = 60 AE Fals

Fals - Al-Hurr Ibn Yusuf (al-Mawsil)
ND (673-680)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.46 g • ⌀ 21.5 mm
BMC Walk 1# 930, N# 154928

Drachm (661-750)

Drachm - 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad (Umayyad Governors of Khurasan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (673-684)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.89 g • ⌀ 32 mm
Val Sn# 66, N# 74277
Drachm - 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (679-692)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.91 g
Val Sn# 63, N# 80750

Solidus (661-750)

Follis / Fals - two standing figures type (Arab-Byzantine)
60 (680)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4 g
N# 80867
Nummus / Fals - Anonymous (imitating Constans II Arab-Byzantine)
ND (680-693)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.84 g • ⌀ 22.6 mm
N# 372690

Drachm (661-750)

Drachm - Salm b. Ziyad (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (681-684)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.98 g
Val Sn# 3, N# 80749
Drachm - al-Harith b. 'Abd Allah (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (683-684)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.54 g
N# 80747
Drachm - Talha b. 'Abd Allah (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (683-685)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.08 g
N# 80732
Drachm - al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra (Umayyad Governors of Khurasan - Arab-Sasanian)
ND (683-702)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.925) • 4 g • ⌀ 31 mm
Val Sn# 73, BMC Walk 1# 221-224, A# 31, SICA 1# 211-214, N# 80693
Drachm - 'Umar b. 'Ubayd Allah (Arab-Sasanian)
70 (684-692)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.66 g
Val Sn# 69, N# 80726
Drachm - 'Abd Allah b. 'Ariq (Arab-Sasanian)
65-66 (685-686)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.78 g
N# 80729
Drachm - 'Abd al- 'Aziz b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Amir (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (685-688)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.01 g
Val Sn# 12, N# 80727

Solidus (661-750)

Follis / Fals - Anonymous (Facing bust type - Hims mint - Arab-Byzantine)
ND (685-692)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4.65 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
A# 3524, N# 77274

Dinar (661-750)

1 AV Dinar = 10 AR Dirham = 60 AE Fals

Fals - Anonymous
ND (685-705)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.95 g • ⌀ 22 mm
BMC Walk 2# 619, N# 321389
Fals - Anonymous
ND (685-705)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.0 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Mitch WI# 65, N# 321385
Available for swap Fals - Anonymous
ND (685-705)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.15 g • ⌀ 21.5 mm
N# 354459
Fals - Anonymous
ND (685-705)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.88 g • ⌀ 21.5 mm
N# 396552
½ Fals - Anonymous
ND (685-705)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.68 g • ⌀ 17.4 mm
Mitch WI# 62, N# 396671

Drachm (661-750)

Drachm - 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan caliph (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (685-705)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.93 g • ⌀ 30 mm
Val Sn# 62, N# 80731

Solidus (661-750)

Available for swap Follis / Fals - Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan - standing caliph type (Arab-Byzantine)
ND (685-705)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.25 g • ⌀ 16 mm
N# 74321
Solidus / Dinar - Abd al-Malik - three standing figures type (Arab-Byzantine)
ND (685-705)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.25 g • ⌀ 21 mm
A# 3549, N# 91185

Dinar (661-750)

1 AV Dinar = 10 AR Dirham = 60 AE Fals

Fals - Anonymous Jerusalem
ND (685-750)

Copper • 2.5 g • ⌀ 14 mm
A# 161, N# 323725
Available for swap Fals - Anonymous (Damascus)
ND (685-750)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 15 mm
A# 174, N# 156823
Fals - Anonymous (Damascus, Mint in circular legend)
ND (685-750)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 4.04 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 352730
Fals - Anonymous (Damascus, with Palm Tree)
ND (685-750)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.2 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 352474
Fals - Anonymous (Hims)
ND (685-750)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.7 g • ⌀ 16 mm
N# 158208

Drachm (661-750)

Drachm - Mus'ab b. al-Zubayr (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (686-691)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.10 g
Val Sn# 70, N# 80707
Drachm - Qatan b. 'Udayy (Arab-Sasanian)
67 (687)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.58 g
N# 80725
Drachm - 'Gorigo Shah' (Arab-Hephthalite)
ND (687-689)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.71 g • ⌀ 31 mm
N# 80475
Drachm - Qatari b. al-Fuja'a (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (688-698)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.10 g
N# 80706
Drachm - 'Atiya b. al-Aswad (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (689-696)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.13 g
Val Sn# 71, N# 80705
Pashiz / Fals - Farroxzad (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (689-698)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 0.90 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 74281

Solidus (661-750)

Follis / Fals - standing caliph type - Iliya (with star - Jerusalem - Arab-Byzantine)
ND (690-698)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.08 g • ⌀ 20 mm
A# 3545A, N# 149516

Drachm (661-750)

Drachm - Muqatil b. Misma' (Arab-Sasanian)
ND (691-692)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4 g
N# 80702

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