Any Ideas What This Is? (Id: 8th Century Umayyad Ae Fals)

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dar76124 Valued Member United States 403 Posts	Posted 09/03/2022 12:48 pm Report this Post to the Staff

tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7968 Posts	Posted 09/03/2022 12:59 pm Size and weight are always helpful. In the second photo the design element on the right looks a bit like the chi-rho symbol. Report this Post to the Staff
dar76124 Valued Member United States 403 Posts	Posted 09/03/2022 1:07 pm 13mm 2.4 grams, I should have included that in the original post Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34450 Posts	Posted 09/03/2022 2:34 pm Maybe a chi-rho @tdz—I see what you are talking about, but my money is on this Fals just having Kufic Script on it. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 09/07/2022 04:51 am It's Islamic, an Umayyad AE fals of early post-reform type, struck somewhere in greater Syria, circa AD 700. The Arabic legends translate as "There is no god but Allah alone // Muhammad is the prophet of Allah". Report this Post to the Staff
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