Umayyad Dirham (Minted in al-Kufa, 100 AH) – Reign of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
<p>Kufa carved its name deep into the Islamic cultural imagination by lending its identity to one of the most famous Arabic scripts, the very Kufic script inscribed on this piece and on every Umayyad coin.</p><p>This rare issue coincides with the second Islamic century, honoring the memory of the military capital that gave the state its official and distinctive character.</p><p>The dirham stands as material evidence of the city's institutional growth, affirming its continued role as a center of financial and administrative weight contributing to the unified visual identity of Islamic currency.</p>
100 AH