ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 86-96 / AD 705-715. Dinar (Gold, 19 mm, 3.57 g, 6 h), without mint, AH 95 = AD 713/4. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions’ in Arabic). Rev. ‘Allāh aḥad Allāh / al-ṣamad lam yalid / wa lam yūlad’ (‘Allah is One, Allah is Absolute, He begets not, nor is He begotten’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 112: 1-3); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār sana khams wa tisʿīn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in the year 95’ in Arabic). Album 127. Fresh and lustrous. A few light scratches and the edge heavily filed, otherwise, good extremely fine.