Extremely Rare Umayyad Dirham (Minted in Maysan, 80 AH) – Reign of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
<p>Minted in Maysan, a strategic garrison city guarding the southern frontiers of Iraq, this 80 AH dirham documents a definitive shift in regional administration.</p> <p>The coin marks the complete replacement of foreign motifs with standardized Islamic epigraphy.</p> <p>Serving as a sovereign economic declaration, this piece successfully unified the active commercial markets between Basra and the Gulf under a single financial identity.</p> <!-- notionvc: 27a66f94-00fd-42a1-bcb5-3dd6643f4390 -->
80 AH