Umayyad Caliphate Silver Dirham Coin Year 122 Hijri. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. High Grade Silver. Gregorian Calendar Year 739 AD. Caliphate Capital City Mint. This numismatic piece is a genuine original, has excellent credits and provenance. This silver coin, or dirham, dates from the end of the first century of the Islamic era. It bears script in an early form of kufic that emphasizes legibility and clarity. Coins minted before A.D. 697 depict figures of rulers and other symbols, in keeping with earlier minting traditions of the Byzantines and Sasanians. In contrast, those minted after the caliph ‘Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705) instituted coinage reforms in the late seventh century are solely epigraphic, in Arabic. They include Qur’anic verses and religious phrases, in addition to information about the coin itself, such as its name, mint, and date.