Umayyad Caliphate

Post-reform Umayyad silver dirhams are purely epigraphic — Arabic inscriptions only, no images — making them historically revolutionary. The Wasit mint produced enormous quantities, and common dates cost just $40–$100.

Arab-Sasanian drachms — Sasanian-style portraits with "bismillah" in Arabic margins — are underrated at $40–$150 and illustrate the pragmatic early Islamic approach of adapting existing coinage. The Standing Caliph bronze fals, one of the only Islamic coins depicting a human figure, costs $75–$250.

This collection spans the pivotal transition from late antiquity to the Islamic golden age, traced through coins that bridge Persian, Byzantine, and Arabic traditions.