AKWLA (Aqola) - 79 AH

Pre-Reform Coinage Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abdallah. Circa AH 79 /AD 698/9. AR Drachm (28.5mm, 3.10g, 8h). AKWLA (Aqola, near Kufa) mint. Dated AH 79 / AD 698/9. Obverse margin: - / bismillah / - / - Reverse: date written in Pahlawi numerals. Malek -; SICA 1, 6; Album A28 RRR. Stained. Near VF. Extremely rare. On the reverse of this extremely rare type the mint-signature and date are transposed, so that the mint appears on the left and the date on the right. The date is written entirely in Pahlawi numerals and is to be read as '70+3+3+3', i.e AH 79.