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UMAYYAD: AE fals (1.54g), al-Daybul, AH117. VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Islamic Coins - Early Post-Reform Start Price:425.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
UMAYYAD: AE fals (1.54g), al-Daybul, AH117. VF
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2,200.00USD+ (418.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2020 Jun 11 @ 12:10UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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UMAYYAD: AE fals (1.54g), al-Daybul, AH117, A-199D, citing the kalima divided as usual on Umayyad copper coins, with the reverse marginal legend bism Allah duriba hadha al-fals bi'l-dâybul sanat sab' 'ashara wa mi'a, no marginal legend on the obverse, some porosity and a few tiny corrosion spots, unpublished and the better quality of the only two known examples, both in this auction, light porosity, VF, RRRR, ex M.H. Mirza Collection. The city of al-Daybul was abandoned by the 13th century, and was located at a site known as Bhambore. The ruins of the original mosque, built by order of the governor of Sind, Muhammad b. Qasim, contained an inscription dated the equivalent of 727 (AH108/109), some 16 years after the Arab conquest of the town. The site is now a national historic park, about 4 km west of the town of Gharo. The modern Port Qasim is located about halfway between Karachi and Gharo, and was name after Muhammad b. Qasim (about 1972). The river beach within the historic park is known as Debal Beach.