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Four gold dinars dating back to the Umayyad era
(أربعة دنانير ذهبية تعود للعصر الأموي)

Title	Four gold dinars dating back to the Umayyad era
Title Original	أربعة دنانير ذهبية تعود للعصر الأموي
Publication Date:	Late first century - early second century AH / late seventh century - early eighth century AD
Publication Place	- Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	SM 1996 – 427-430
Record ID	object;EPM;ua;Mus21;50;ar
Library Location	Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
Date	Late first century - early second century AH / late seventh century - early eighth century AD
Notes	The museum includes an important collection of coins from the era of early Islam, including Umayyad dinars similar to these pieces. In the year 77 AH/696 AD, the ruling Caliph Abd al-Malik ordered the issuance of a completely new Islamic currency, which originally carried Quranic inscriptions indicating the oneness and absolute power of God and affirming that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.
Sample Text	“Four gold dinars dating back to the Umayyad era” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ua;Mus21;50;ar

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Four gold dinars dating back to the Umayyad era

(أربعة دنانير ذهبية تعود للعصر الأموي)

Publication Date Late first century - early second century AH / late seventh century - early eighth century AD

Publication Place - Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID SM 1996 – 427-430

Record ID object;EPM;ua;Mus21;50;ar

Library Location Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization

Date Late first century - early second century AH / late seventh century - early eighth century AD

Notes The museum includes an important collection of coins from the era of early Islam, including Umayyad dinars similar to these pieces. In the year 77 AH/696 AD, the ruling Caliph Abd al-Malik ordered the issuance of a completely new Islamic currency, which originally carried Quranic inscriptions indicating the oneness and absolute power of God and affirming that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.

Sample Text “Four gold dinars dating back to the Umayyad era” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ua;Mus21;50;ar