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Foreign Early Hammerd Coin Help Please | Islamic Pictorial

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 Posted 02/24/2013  1:57 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Plum6er to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi I've a coin that has been doing my head in I've searched high and low and drawn a blank please see pictures and please put me out my misery I really need your help in identifying it and dating it I thank you in advance.

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 Posted 02/24/2013  2:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bacchus2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My initial impression was that it was a dirhem of the Zengids of Mosul - but it's looks off - perhaps it's the corrosion.
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I think you're right, though. Dead ringer for this example, right down to the Kufic Arabic script:
http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/isl...zen_68_3.jpg
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That would be a dirham of Badr al-Din Lu'Lu' (1234-1259). Can we see the reverse?
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