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Monochrome close-up of an Umayyad gold dinar made in Syria, 79 AH/698–99 CE, after ‘Abd al-Malik’s reform. The original measures about 2.1 cm across; the photograph does not show its gold color.
Picture source & rightsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art · 99.35.2386 · Bequest of Joseph H. Durkee, 1898 · Public domain / CC0 · Resized and converted to WebP · Licence terms

Middle East / Trade

Umayyad coinage: reform, belief and exchange

A small gold coin records a major change in official imagery: Arabic religious inscriptions replaced inherited imperial designs.

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