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Popped in to see what's going on, just in time to miss the $3 gold (I just got one last week, 1878).   |
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So, do I post the coin at midnight EDT?
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Post it now if you are ready :)
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Gold dinar. AH 106.   6 points for a match 5 points for another Umayyad coin minted AH 106 5 points for a dinar from the reign of Caliph Hisham 4 points for an Umayyad dinar 4 points for another coin from the reign of Caliph Hisham 4 points for another coin minted AH 106/AD 724-25/etc 3 points for an Abbasid or pre-Umayyad dinar 3 points for an Umayyad coin 3 points for another coin minted AD 724-43 2 points for an Abbasid or pre-Umayyad coin 2 points for an 8th century coin  |
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I'll take a tentative pass until I figure out whether the coin that stands for "8th century" in my "one from each century" set is actually 8th century (there's some uncertainty).
...come to think of it, do Arab-Byzantines count as "pre-Umayyad"?
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I got nothin'. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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do Arab-Byzantines count as "pre-Umayyad" Yes |
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Whaddya know, I even had pics handy:  Umayyad Caliphate AR Dirham 119 AH (737/738) Wasit mint Caliph Hisham |
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As the golfers say: Fore!
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If a specific type of coin was made for many years in the seventh century, but also a few years into the eighth century, would that still count?
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Here's another dirham coin from the Umayyad Caliphate:   Supposedly, this was made in AH115 (733AD or 734AD), minted at Wasit (in Iraq), when Hisham was Caliph, just 1 or 2 years after the battle of Tours. Unfortunately, Arabic dates from this era are hard to read, since they are written out in words, so I have to rely on the dealer's description. Attribution: Wilkes 297, Album 137. This coin is "abundant", so we may see many more of these. |
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Umayyad, Ayyubid and Syria. Syria 1968 (1387) 25 piastres.   |
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I think today is the last day? Last chance for anyone who has an Umayyad dinar to come steal the contest!
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Do not wait on me. |
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