Umayyad Dirham (Minted in Wasit, 110 AH) – Reign of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
<p>Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi built Wasit to sit between Kufa, Basra and Ahwaz. From its founding it became an administrative and financial centre that dominated monetary activity in Iraq. It kept that standing fifteen years after its founder's death, in the reign of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik.</p><p>Struck in 110 AH, this dirham comes from a city whose economic standing reached well beyond its origins as a military camp.</p>
110 AH