Byzantine and Islamic coins
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Abbasid AR Dirham. Kalima and below: "Abu'l 'Abbas ibn amir al-muminin"
inner edge:"bismillah duriba hadhà ad-dirham bi'l-Basrat sanah arba' 'ashrat wa thelath [mi'at]"; outer edge: Sura 30 vv 3 & 4.
"li-'llah mohammed rasul allah [al-mu]qtadir billah"Will Hooton
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AE Anonymous follis of Christ, cCass B, Romanus III or Michael IV.EMMANOVHΛ, facing bust of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, holding gospels with both hands, to left IC, to right XC
Cross on three steps with pellet at each extremity, in fields IS-XS (Jesus Christ) bAS-ILE/bAS-ILE (King of Kings)
SBCV 1823.Will Hooton
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