Posted 02/18/2009 5:30 pm
For the gold one, the long, stretched-out words in the top pic indicate this is more likely to be an 'Abbasid coin (from the mid-700s or 800's AD) rather than an Umayyad coin (from the early 700's). Compare this example of an 'Abbasid coin with these examples of Umayyad coins, to see what I mean.
Your coin looks genuine enough to me, but unfortunately, as you can tell by comparing these pics, your coin has been somewhat clipped. An early Islamic gold dinar is supposed to weigh about 4.1 grams - it's had about a third of it's metal trimmed or filed off the edge.
As for the copper one, I'm pretty sure it is indeed Islamic (with Arabic writing) but I can't pic out enough detail to give it a proper ID. I think it's from a later period.
Your coin looks genuine enough to me, but unfortunately, as you can tell by comparing these pics, your coin has been somewhat clipped. An early Islamic gold dinar is supposed to weigh about 4.1 grams - it's had about a third of it's metal trimmed or filed off the edge.
As for the copper one, I'm pretty sure it is indeed Islamic (with Arabic writing) but I can't pic out enough detail to give it a proper ID. I think it's from a later period.
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