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Numismatic and History Discussion Forums => Medieval, Islamic and Crusader Coins Discussion Forum => Topic started by: John K2 on April 29, 2011, 06:22:02 am

Title: Rassulid from Yemen?
Post by: John K2 on April 29, 2011, 06:22:02 am

One last coin bought recently in Sana'a, Yemen. I don't really know anything about this one. Could it be Rassulid?

Title: Re: Rassulid from Yemen?
Post by: rick2 on April 29, 2011, 09:41:43 am

hmmmm

to me it looks earlier than a rassulid coin
it looks more like a bad copy of a umayyad/abbasid dirhem


everything you need is there on  the coin its just a question of being able to read it.

Title: Re: Rassulid from Yemen?
Post by: KIR on April 29, 2011, 10:00:11 am

contemporary forgery of rasulid AR dirhem

Title: Re: Rassulid from Yemen?
Post by: John K2 on April 30, 2011, 05:08:18 am

Thanks Rick and KIR,

Taking the suggestion it might be a 'contemporary' forgery, do you think this in the sense of ' the same time/period' or do you think it is more likely a modern forgery?

Title: Re: Rassulid from Yemen?
Post by: rick2 on April 30, 2011, 08:49:15 am

difficult to say

try to weigh it

for me its a contemporary forgery

Title: Re: Rassulid from Yemen?
Post by: Joe Sermarini on April 30, 2012, 01:04:06 pm

The problem with the word "contemporary" is that in English it means either "of the same time" or "current, modern."