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Offline Tanit

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Help ID Islamic Dinar
« on: October 18, 2007, 04:18:18 pm »
Hi

Please help me to ID this islamic dinar

Thanks

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Re: Help ID Islamic Dinar
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2007, 02:56:21 pm »
AU Dinar. 202 h. (817 AD)
wt. 4.2 gms, d. 18,5 mm
Abu Muhammad Ziyadat Allah I : 201-223 h. (816-837 AD)
Obv. In the field, three line inscription: "There is no god but / God, alone/ He has no associate" .
Marginal inscription: "Muhammad is the Apostle of God whom He send with guidance and the religion of truth that he might make it supreme over all other religions" (Quran 9:33 in part).

Rev. In the field, five line inscription: "Ghalab/Muhammad (is the)/Apostle (of)/ God/Ziyadat Allah".
Marginal inscription: "In the name of God this dinar was struck in the year two and two hundred"

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Re: Help ID Islamic Dinar
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2007, 02:14:04 am »
Hi;
I have two remarks:
1-Recheck the date,i am not sure about it....
2-on Rev;you have 5 lines internal legend and not 3...
Regards.
Nassif

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Re: Help ID Islamic Dinar
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2007, 06:52:12 am »
Hi Nassif

Thank you for your remarks: I corrected the errors  :evil:

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Re: Help ID Islamic Dinar
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2007, 02:16:54 pm »
Hi again;
I should recognize this unusual hard arabic script....
Regards.
Nassif

 

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