The gold coin dates to 92 AH, or 710CE. It was minted during the reign of Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik, the sixth Umayyad caliph. As the Umayyad caliphate ruled from Damascus, Caliph Al-Walid I ...

In 2021, an anonymous bidder purchased the coin for $9.36 million in an auction. The 723 Umayyad Gold Dinar is an ancient Islamic coin minted during the reign of Yazid II of the Umayyad Caliphate ...

In 2011, one of these coins sold for $7.4 million. Another version of it sold for $2,415,000 in 2005. Valued at just over $6 million, the Umayyad gold dinar is extremely rare and highly coveted by ...

On the occasion of International Museum and Cultural Heritage Day, a specialized panel discussion titled "The Role of ...

There are 434 Sasanian drachmas, 156 dirhams and Arab half-dirhams, 323 Umayyad dirhams and 1,948 silver coins of the Abbasid dynasty. Jazira, the location in the title, refers to the area where ...

When Uthman - a fellow member of the Umayyad clan - was later assassinated ... He became the first Muslim ruler to have his name inscribed on coins and documents, and, controversially, nominated ...