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OBVERSE
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REVERSE
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Umayyad Caliphate Coin
Anonymous
circa 698 - 750 C.E.
Denomination: Fals
Material: Copper
Mint: Damascus
Diameter: 1.6 cm.
Thickness: 0.01 cm.
Obverse: Star, Arabic legend, crescent with dot, Arabic legend.
Reverse: Arabic legend (The Shahada or Muslim profession of faith.) in 3 lines
within a line border.
Notes: The obverse and reverse inscriptions on this coin
are at 45 degree orientations
to each other. The script found on coins of this period is
typically a squat rectilinear script that descends only slightly below
the baseline.
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