ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Marwan II ibn Muhammad, AH 127-132 / AD 744-750. Fals (Bronze, 21 mm, 2.14 g, 11 h), al-Mawsil, citing governor Hisham ibn ʿAmr (AH 129-132 / AD 747-750). Around an ornated square, ‘lā / ilāha / illā / Allāh’, within the square, ‘waḥdahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a circle, ‘Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bi amr al-amīr Hishām ibn ʿAmr bi al-Mawṣil’ (‘By the order of Amir Hisham ibn ʿAmr in al-Mawsil’ in Arabic). Album 193. Some earthen deposits, otherwise, very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.