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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2489599, member: 76194&quot;]Good morning. I have one more Islamic coin to share today. I won&#039;t be doing any major writing on it today as it is my birthday and I don&#039;t have the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll simply leave it at this...this coin is of Caliph Hisham ibn &#039;Abd al-Malik, and was made around 739 AD. This is the caliph who was in charge of the Umayyad Caliphate when Charles Martel defeated the Islamic forces at the battle of Tours, thus ending the imminent threat of Islamic conquest of Europe. This is also the guy who failed to stamp out the Visigoth noble Pelagius, which resulted in the creation of the Christian kingdom of Asturias in northern Iberia (a deep mistake for the Muslims as it would result in the Spanish Reconquista down the line). In other words, if you are a fan of Iberian history and Frankish history, this is one Islamic coin to have to add depth and that extra special touch to your Frankish and early Islamic Iberian&nbsp; collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526729[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. <i><i>temp.</i> Hisham ibn &#039;Abd al-Malik. </i></b>AH 105-125 / AD 724-743. AR Dirham (26mm, 2.92 g, 8h). Wasit mint. Dated AH 122 (AD 739/40). Klat 715; Album 137; ICV 297.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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