Publication Date
It dates back to the year 79 AH / 689-99 AD
Publication Place
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
gold
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
القطر :2.1 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
99.35.2386
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus23;4;ar
Library Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date
It dates back to the year 79 AH / 689-99 AD
Notes
The early Muslim rulers relied on the older Byzantine and Sasanian coinage to secure a continuous supply of coins in the newly conquered territories. Modifications to the older types occurred gradually during the first century of Islam. The crosses on Byzantine-style gold coins, for example, were the first visible elements to disappear. Abd al-Malik's gold reform in 696-7 led to entirely new styles of coins without depictions of persons of any kind. Instead, coins like this one on display that were made during his reign feature the Shahada, written in state-approved Kufic script, which reads: “There is no god but God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God.”
Sample Text
"Coin" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;4;ar
