Rare Umayyad Zuyuf Dinar (78 AH) — Reign of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
<p>This dinar marks the great moment of economic independence in Islamic history. In the year 78 AH, Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan resolved to abandon dependence on Byzantine coinage entirely, producing this purely Arab gold that carried the doctrine of Tawhid (monotheism) in place of the images of emperors.</p><p>It is the golden document that proclaimed the birth of the Umayyad state's visual identity, and bore witness to the coin's transformation into pure Arabic.</p>
78 AH