Extremely Rare Umayyad Dirham (Minted in Abaraqubadh 96 AH) — Reign of al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik
<p>In 96 AH, the city of Abaraqubadh bid its final farewell to history through this silver piece. Having proudly minted Umayyad dirhams since 80 AH, this year marked the very last time its name would ever be etched in silver before vanishing entirely from numismatic records.</p><p>Was it a local uprising, a decline in trade, or a strategic centralization by the state? The reasons remain a mystery. This dirham stands as the final witness to a city slowly fading from the Umayyad monetary map — a rare artifact that rescues a Persian city from oblivion even as its physical presence dissolved.</p>
96 AH