Copyedited by: Mandi Gomez Mandi Gomez Amanda Gomez is a freelance copy-editor and proofreader working in London. She has carried out excavation work in Jerash and is the founder of Jerash Archaeological Museum and the Islamic Museum of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. Aida is the author of numerous publications on Islamic coins. She was also head of the archaeological awareness section at the Department of Antiquities. In 1981 she became inspector of Jerash antiquities and co-ordinator of the Jerash International Rehabilitation project.
She was affiliated to the Jordanian Department of Antiquities from 1974 as a curator of Jordan Archaeological Museum. She studied archaeology at the University of Jordan where she gained her MA. Prepared by: Aida Naghawy Aida Naghawy Aida Naghawy is an archaeologist and the Director of Jordan Archaeological Museum. Citation of this web page:Īida Naghawy "Copper coin ( fils)" in Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers, 2022. Walker, J., A Catalogue of the Arab-Byzantine and Post-Reform Umayyad Coins, London, 1956, Vol. The coin was recovered from an archaeological excavation in the Forum of Amman, and the name of the mint (Amman) is inscribed on the coin. The coin was recovered during the course of an archaeological excavation carried out by the Department of Antiquities in Amman's Forum in three stages, between 1965–7. This type of coin belongs to the transitional period (74–7/8 / 694–8) which preceded the coinage reform of Abd al-Malik in 77 / 696. The legend on the obverse is the title and name of ‘Abdallah ‘Abd al-Malik commander of the faithful. View Short DescriptionĬopper fils from the Amman Forum, of the ‘standing Caliph type’ from the transitional period that preceded ‘Abd al-Malik’s coinage reform in AH 77 / AD 696. It starts from the bottom, going clockwise spelling: 'La 'ilaha illa-Allah' ('There is one God Muhammad is the messenger of God'), which is the second part of the Shahada, written in Arabic.
The marginal legend is written in inverted kufic script. On the reverse there is a transformed cross, distinguished by its simplified form and globular top, which sits on four steps with a star to the left and the name of the mint (Amman) on the right, which was one of the cities of Jund Demashq (one of the five military and administrative provinces established in the early Islamic period).
The marginal legend begins from the top going clockwise, spelling the title and name of the Caliph ‘Abdallah ‘Abd al-Malik commander of the faithful written in simple kufic script. On the obverse is the figure of a standing caliph, he wears a long robe with his right hand on his sword his head is covered with an Arabic headdress. Hegira 74–8 / AD 694–8 Museum Inventory Number:ĭiameter 18 mm, weight 4.59 g Period / Dynasty:Ī copper coin ( fils) of the standing caliph type from the transitional period (AH 74–7/8 / AD 694–8) that preceded Abd al-Malik's coinage reform of AH 77 / AD 696, and which saw the removal of images, and the issue of a pure Islamic type distinguished by the formula of the faith, the Shahada, and a purely epigraphic style that incorporated Qur'anic verses. About Jordan Archaeological Museum, Amman Date of Object:
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