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Glad to have you watching @tdz and that Styca is stunning @john!
Let's drop back to the decade of the 820s tomorrow morning. Looks like I have a long of Abbasid Dirhams coming up.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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This Abbasid Dirham is dated AH 209, which roughly corresponds to 824-825 AD. It was minted at Isbahan under the authority of Al-Ma'mum and I have attributed it as Album 223.5.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Let's drop back a decade in the morning. Last call for coins of the 820s!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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This Abbasid Dirham is dated AH 200, which roughly corresponds to 815-816 AD. It was minted at Tehran under the authority of Al-Ma'mum and I have attributed it as Album 223.4.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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I'm still with Eanred. This coin I have attributed no more accurately than his entire reign (810-841), although on second thoughts it's the same type as my one for the 830s, so presumably should be tighter. Anyway, this is from the Bolton Percy (North Yorkshire) Hoard 1847 and 1967 - 4,000 Northumbrian stycas buried around the time of the Viking attack on Northumbria and fall of York in 866. Eanred Styca, 810-841
York, Northumbria. Base Silver, 12mm, 1.00g. +EANRED REX around cross pattee. +DAEGBERCT (moneyer) (S 862).So if that might not be the 810s, here's another Eanred, this time an earlier type. Eanred Tertiary Phase Sceatta, 810-830
Northumbria. Base silver, 0.77g. +EAHRED REX, unbarred As. VVLFHEARD (Wulfheard moneyer), central motif (1/1) (S 860; SCBI 69, 944 this coin). Ex Tony Abramson. Edited by JohnConduitt
02/10/2023 5:46 pm
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These are great @john!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Looks like it's time to drop back a decade. Starting tomorrow morning (Monday), please post your coins from the decade of the 800s. Thx.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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I'll get us started with another Abbasid Dirham. This one was minted at Samarqand under the authority of al Amin and is dated AH 194 (809 or 810 AD). I have attributed it as Album 221.5. One note from the seller (SARC) was that due to errors in the spelling of the mint name, this might have been a circulating counterfeit.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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I have a couple of Abassid coins, one of which fits here. Dirham from the time of Harun al-Rashid, AH190/AD805-6
Madinat al-Salam, Abbasid Caliphate. Silver, 21mm, 2.99g. There is no God but / God alone / He has no equal; in the name of Allah, this dirham was struck at Madinat al-Salam year ninety and one hundred. Muhammad / is the Messenger / of God; Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, he was sent with guidance and the religion of truth to proclaim it over all religion even if the polytheists detest (SICA III, 1698). |
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Nice one @john! Here is my last coin for this decade, another Abbasid Dirham. It was minted at Balkh and is dated AH 188 (803/804 AD).   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Drop-back time! Let's post coins from the decade of the 790s starting tomorrow morning.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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My date ranges are still too broad, because no-one knows when these people lived and the date ranges allow for a large margin of error. This is as tight as I can get it, but really it could go all the way to 840. Archbishop Eanbald II Sceat, 796-808
York. Silver, 13.5mm, 1.10g. EA • (NB) A • LD • (retrograde) around central cross pattee. + EDILVARD (Æthelweard, moneyer) around central cross pattee (cf EMC 1997.0430, same obv. die). |
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Just catching up a bit—sorry for not posting before. That is a great Sceat @john! This billon Dirham also comes from Sogdiana/the Abassid Dynasty and was minted at Bukhara in the timeframe of 796 to 801 AD. I believe that it cites al A,in as Governor of Khorasan. I've attributed it as Album 96 and Walker XXIX-11-12.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Great coins @ Spence and JohnConduitt. really enjoying the progressive show.
The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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Hey thx @ttk. This Abbasid Dirham was minted at Al Mahammadlya in the year AH 180, which corresponds to 796/797 AD.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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