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UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AR dirham (2.64g), Tukharistan, AH80, VF-XF

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UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AR dirham (2.64g), Tukharistan, AH80, VF-XF
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UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AR dirham (2.64g), Tukharistan, AH80, A-126, Klat-, third known example for the Umayyad mint of Tukharistan, located east of Balkh, on both the Afghan and Tajikistan sides of the Amu Darya river, much of it within Umayyad control by about AH77; the actual location of the mint is unknown, but the calligraphic style unique to this mint and nearly Balkh in the early AH80s; dark surfaces, one small chip (partially repaired), VF-XF, RRRR. The other two examples were sold at auctions in 2014 and 2018. All three are from different sets of dies and all are dated AH80. The 2014 piece was originally published by Mosanef, F. and M.T. Saffar, "An Umayyad dirham of Tokharistan," JONS 217, page 8. The only Umayyad coin that is likely from about the same period is a copper fals of Badakhshan, with Chinese "kai yuan tong bao" on one side, the mint name on the other, always undated (Zeno-209686). There are later copper fulus from the Tukharistan region with legends in both Arabic and Bactrian, but by style dated in the AH110s (Zeno-287247).