Arab-Latin Coinage - Indiction XI, Gold Solidus From Spain, 94 AH / 712-713 CE
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Assalamu ʿalaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:
Arab-Latin gold solidus from Spain, 94 AH / 712-713 CE.
Date
94 AH / 712-713 CE.
Contents
Obverse field: Eight pointed star in the middle. Obverse margin: INNDNINIDSNSDSSLSIN {= "IN Nomine DomiNI Non DeuS NiSi DeuS SoLuS cuI Non (socius)"} ("In the name of the Lord. There is no god but God alone who has no partners").
Reverse field: INDCXI {= "INDictione XI"}. Reverse margin: HDFRTINSPNANNXCIII {= "Hic soliDus FeRiTus IN SPaNia ANNo XCIIII"} ("This solidus was made in Spain in the year 94").
Comments
Weight = 3.18 gm. These coins were modelled in size and design after the Arab-Byzantine coinage. However, their inscriptions were in Latin. A large star in the centre of the obverse field distinguished the Spanish coins from the ones minted in Africa. Notice half shahadah in Latin in the obverse margin.
Location
Private collection.
References
[1] J. Walker, A Catalogue Of The Arab-Byzantine And Post-Reform Umaiyad Coins, 1956, The Trustees Of The British Museum, p. 74, No. 181.
[2] "The Horus Collection", Islamic Coin Auction - 24, 9th May 2013, A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., Lots 4083 (and also 4084). For faster download of this catalogue please click here.
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