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ID-help. Abbasid dirham
« on: October 02, 2009, 09:09:36 am »
Can anyone help me with this dirham? Is it Al-Mahdi and minted in Baghdad?

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Re: ID-help. Abbasid dirham
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2009, 10:01:13 am »
Yes, al-Mahdi, struck at Madinat al-Salam ("City of Peace", the earlier name for Baghdad) in AH 162/ AD 779.

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Re: ID-help. Abbasid dirham
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2009, 04:24:14 pm »
Thank you Nemo!

 

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