ANCIENT EARLY ISLAMIC UMAYYAD CALIPHATE AV GOLD DINAR OF THE FAMOUS KHALIFA 'ABD AL MALIK IBN MARWAN. DATED 79 HIJRA, NM BUT MINTED IN DIMASHQ DAMASCUS ( CAPITAL OF UMAYYADS ). Weight: 4.2 grams. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. Reign AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. he was the first Muslim ruler to struck a pure Islamic gold coin, the first gold dinar coin was minted in the year 77 Hijra, and this present coin is 79 hijra. One of the Earliest issues. HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT!