One of the earliest Islamic Coins

Arab Byzantine Fals

Ummayyad Caliphate - Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan (AD 661 - 680)

Three standing figures type. Tabariyya (Tiberias) mint. Dual lingual in Greek and Arabic. Nice full strike on wide flan.

During the early years of the establishment of the Islamic caliphate, the Ummayyad Caliphate adopted AE fals imitating Byzantine coinage which were dominant in the area.

 

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Very nice. A solid example of an Arab imitation of Byzantine Coinage.

My only Umayyad is from a few decades later, around the time the Umayyad army was defeated by Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours.

 

Great piece @Sallent .. ! The details are extremely sharp and in excellent condition. Actually there are also silver Arab Sassanian dirhams as well dating after the conquest of Persia. Those are pretty interesting as well

 

Ask and ye shall receive. Here is one such Arab imitation piece of Sassanian coinage from the region of Tabaristan. The governor is Umar B. al Ala. When it comes to medieval Islamics, I have collected quite a decent set of them.

 

I've posted both before, but here's a different Arab-Byzantine type from Emesa (Homs, Syria):

And an Arab-Sasanian drachm from Basra (Iraq) dated AH 62:

 

Beautiful pieces.. here are 2 of my other pieces..



Minted and circulated during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammed and the Rashidun Caliphate.

AH 1-30 / AD 622-651

Arab-Byzantine half follis imitation of Justinian I.

During the lifetime of the Founder of Islam the Prophet Muhammed and the first Islamic Caliphate, the Orthodox Rashidun Caliphate, the currency in circulation were copied from the reigning powers of the time which were the Byzantine in the west as well as Persian Sassanian Empire in the East. This was known as the pre-reform period. This bronze coin was minted in an uncertain Syrian mint and in circulation during this period.


Muawiyah I - Founder and first Caliph of the Ummayyad Caliphate (AD 661-680)

Arab Sassanian Silver Drachm

Founder of the Umayyad Caliphate that succeeded the Orthodox Rashidun, Muawiyah was also the secretary of the prophet Mohammed during his lifetime. Imitation of the Persian Sassanian silver drachms but with an added "bismillah" inscription in Arabic on the obverse.

 

Nice coin. Love the look of those.

Here is my Umar Ibn Al' Ala of Tabaristan

 

Bold and lovely strike.. superb condition

 

I have some of these early islmaic types...

 

Great coins all from a fascinating time in the history of the near east.

 

My earlier Islamic coins posing for a group photo. I am looking for an Album-1.

@Loong Siew: that Justinian I imitation is fantastic!!

 

nice coins OP and all posts. i have a few Islamic pieces.. here's a silver dirham of al-Rashid(2nd pic i have been informed is upside down) famously of the 1000 & 1 nights

 

..Charles "The Hammer"...

 

Thanks.. it was a personal favorite.. full flan strike and one of the earliest issues.. attributed to the early Rashidun or times of Muhammad

 

Nice,
Here are all of my Islamic coins.

 

Great!! The large flan dirham particularly caught my eye

 

I just posted this elsewhere. Got it today for under $100.

Not the best example, but they come up infrequently. I missed one 3 years back. This is the best I could find since then and I got tired of waiting.

It's a reminder that the world has been a harsh place for a long time.



ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirham (31mm, 16.41 g, 6h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Turk, in military outfit and cross legged, seated facing, holding severed head and raised sword; floral spray to left; ornamental scrollwork in exergue / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; names and titles of Ayyubid overlord in inner margin; name of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and AH date in outer margin. Whelan pp. 103-4; S&S Type 36.3; Album 1829.4; ICV 1209. Good Fine, earthen dark green patina.

I am still looking for a better example, but sometimes you take what you can get, when you can get it.

 

When it comes to the cream of the crop for my Islamic collection, it's definitely this one. Easily one of the top 5 Islamic medievals ever made. @4to2centBC 's coin is another one of those beauties that deserve to be at the top of the list. Been wanting one, but haven't had the luck to find one on sale yet.

SELJUQ OF RUM: Kaykhusraw II, 1236-1245, AR dirham , Siwas, AH 639, A-1218, lion & sunface, star left of sunface

 

Did i mention i went to the TOOL concert last night

 

I recently picked these out of a group I purchased that was with the exception of these two were all Antioch area Roman colonial and Greek issues. I was gobsmacked to see these.

The Abbasid fals is a cast piece and a bit scarce. The Arab/ Byz has not been cataloged. They make me smile.