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Author Topic: Need help to identify Islamic coin - Umayyad dirham?  (Read 531 times)

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Offline John K2

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Need help to identify Islamic coin - Umayyad dirham?
« on: October 11, 2016, 01:35:19 pm »
Can anyone help me identify this coin? I think it is an Umayyad dirham

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Re: Need help to identify Islamic coin - Umayyad dirham?
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2016, 10:38:03 am »
This is Abbasid dirhem , mint of Ma'dan al Shash, dated 189, rare.

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Re: Need help to identify Islamic coin - Umayyad dirham?
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2016, 02:21:44 pm »
That's great Bakkar; many thanks. Do you happen to know where Madan al-Shash is or its modern name? I've tired to find it without success

 

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