Umayyad: Hisham (724-743), silver dirham (2.84g), al-Bab (Derbent, Dagestan) mint, AH 121 (738-739 CE). Rare.

Umayyad: Hisham (724-743), silver dirham (2.84g), al-Bab (Derbent, Dagestan) mint, AH 121 (738-739 CE). Rare.

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Umayyad: Hisham (724-743), silver dirham (2.84g), al-Bab (Derbent, Dagestan) mint, AH 121 (738-739 CE). Klat 148. Extremely fine. Rare. Al-Bab is the short form of Bab al-Abwab (the Gate of Gates), the name the Arabs used to refer to Derbent after its conquest.