There resides in the British Museum in London, one of the most intriguing gold coins ever minted. It was bought in Rome about a hundred years ago and this is important when considering the purpose of the coin.
The gold coin of Offa, king of Mercia [England, 757-796 AD], is a unique object because it imitates a gold dinar of the caliph al-Mansur. Although the Arabic inscription is not copied perfectly, the declaration that ‘There is no Deity but Allah, The One, Without Equal, and Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah,’ is clear.
…apparently Offa Rex is a new project by the Decembrists… http://www.offarex.co/
No mention of Allah tho
and my iPhone just shuffled-up a Decembrists’ tune when i clicked over here.
the universe is trying to tell me something.