★ Probably the finest knwon ★

Umayyad Caliphate. Dabil (Armenia) .
Fals AE

18 mm, 2,46 g

Allah ahad Allah al-samad ' 'la ilah illa Allah la sharik lah / In center Mohamad rasul allah , in filed bism allah duriba hazza al fals bi dabil jaz. Dabil also knwon as Davin (Dvin in Armenia).

extremely fine. An excellent example, complete and sharply clear.

listed by Walker as *, citing a publication by Karabacek in 1877.A-198. (RRR).

Dabil was the the capital of Arminia, known as (Dvin), near the modern city of Hnaberd but abandoned by the end the 13th century, though a new community called Dvin has very recently been erected adjacent to the ruins. Cf. A similar example see Stephn Album Auction #34 23 May 2019, lot #297 graded F-VF. From the Tareq Hani collection.