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ISLAMIC/Umayyad Governors; Anonymous c. AH 90's/CE 710s Jund Filastin

AE fals (16mm, 2.21gm, 2h), Filastin (naming the jund or military 

district Filastin [Palestine] rather than the city Iliya [Jerusalem]), undated. 


O: Within circle, la ilah / illa Allah / wahdahu ("There is no god but Allah alone"); in 


margin, lillah al-mulk falsan waf("To Allah [belongs] the kingdom, [one] falsan, full 


[value]"). 


R: Within circle, Muhammad / rasul / Allah("Muhammad is the apostle of Allah"); in 


margin, darb bi-Filastin ("was struck in Filastin") and palm branch. 


SNAT-IVa, 22 (Jerusalem); Bone Iliya 5d; cf. Walker 911; Album 175 (R).