★ A lovely dinar struck under Yazid II ibn 'Abd al-Malik ★

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid II ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 101-105 / AD 720-724. Dinar (Gold, 19 mm, 4.27 g, 6 h), without mint name, AH 104 = AD 722/3. In inner field: 'no God but Allah, He is alone, He has no associate' (in Kufic); in inner margin: 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah who sent him with guidance and the religion of truth that he might make it supreme over all other religions' (in Kufic). Rev. In inner field: 'Allah is One, Allah is eternal, He does not beget nor is He begotten' (in Kufic); in inner margin: 'in the name of Allah this dinar was struck in the year four and one hundred' (in Kufic). SICA II, 172. A very attractive and well struck example. Minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.