Please Help With Coin 2 (India?) | Ayyubid Copper Fals

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bdahab Valued Member Israel 60 Posts	Posted 03/05/2013 2:31 pm I bought this coin as part of 3 coins from a flea market coin dealer 15 years ago, as an identifying challenge for me. The dealer was annoyed since he couldn't recognize the coins, and since then, I share his feeling. I believe it is Indian, but can't find anything in my catalogues. 15 years is long enough to admit I failed. Can you help? This coin diameter is 16 mm. I hope it is not upside down. Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Edited by bdahab 03/06/2013 04:13 am Report this Post to the Staff

bdahab Valued Member Israel 60 Posts	Posted 03/26/2013 6:02 pm I'll try with a better image. Please help '' Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2887 Posts	Posted 03/27/2013 5:39 pm Hi - definitely not Indian. It looks like an AE dirhem of the Ayyubid dynasty - though I can't quite match it. Try searching in that sort of area. Hope that helps My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
bdahab Valued Member Israel 60 Posts	Posted 03/27/2013 5:44 pm Thank You Bacchus2 I will check it. It's great to have any direction on this! Boris Report this Post to the Staff
bdahab Valued Member Israel 60 Posts	Posted 03/27/2013 6:28 pm Thanks again. It seems I found something similar here: http://www.numismall.com/Ayyubid-al...ha-mint.html I will keep looking. I suspected it was from India, since all my Arabic speaking friends were very positive it's not Arabic. At last after 15 years I have a good direction! Thank You! Report this Post to the Staff
jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 03/28/2013 10:36 am Ayyubid Fals, looks like Dimashq Mint. I have to dig up my copy of balog to find more. You could check Zeno though. Written in Kufic script (old style arabic) Report this Post to the Staff
bdahab Valued Member Israel 60 Posts	Posted 03/28/2013 2:40 pm Thank You jcmworld, I've tried Zeno before, but that was a blind search. Now I have a good direction. The Kufic script explains why people that are fluent in modern Arabic couldn't read the coin. An interesting thing to learn. Thank You again, Boris Report this Post to the Staff
bdahab Valued Member Israel 60 Posts	Posted 04/01/2013 12:57 pm If you are interested, this is fals, 611AH/ 1214 AD by al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu-Bakr ibn Ayyub (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Adil_I), al-Ruha. Thanks to Bacchus2 and jcmworld for the help. zeno.ru, really helped here. Report this Post to the Staff
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