Ancient Coins
The first Abbasid currency issue in Egypt
The mint of Egypt (Fustat) in the year 133 AH marked the final chapter in the history of the Umayyad Caliphate with the killing of its last caliph, Marwan ibn Muhammad, at the hands of the Abbasids in the village of Zawiyat al-Maslub, in the Wasita district of Beni Suef Governorate. A few months later, a new bronze coin bearing the name of… was minted in Fustat.
A fils struck Egypt ( Fustat) Year 133 AH
Egypt witnessed the final chapter in the history of the Umayyad state with the killing of their last caliph, Marwan ibn Muhammad, at the hands of the Abbasids in the village of Zawiyat al-Maslub, which belongs to the Wasita district in the Beni Suef Governorate. A few months later, a new bronze coin was minted in Fustat bearing the name of Prince Abd al-Malik ibn Yazid, the governor of the Abbasid caliph Abd Allah Abi al-Abbas al-Saffah.“
We read on the front in the center:
In the name of God
There is no god but God
God alone
It was written in a circular shape in the margin:
This was ordered by Prince Abdul Malik bin Yazid
On the back, in the center, we read:
Mohammed
messenger
God
It was written in a circular shape in the margin:
This coin was minted in Egypt in the year 133 AH (1910 CE).
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