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ChrisHagen New Member Denmark 29 Posts	Posted 06/11/2013 03:47 am Ca. 3 g (will get more accurate weighs if it turns out to make a difference) 13-17 mm wide, 19-21 mm tall Ca. 2 mm thick Copper or very low-quality billon Imgur album link. Haven't cleaned most of the other side yet; the parts that I have cleaned are worn and illegible. Came in a lot of "Spanish found Coppers" from dirtyoldcoins, other coins in the lot included 1830s 4 maravedis, a dinero de aragon and a blanca of reyes catolicos. (Just to help pinpoint the location the coin was lost in antiquity) Slightly concave Highly irregular planchet Please ask for any more information that will help! Edit: That stuff at the top... Is it Arabic text, or is it an elephant facing left with perhaps a saddle and maybe a stirrup? I am starting to think it's an elephant. Edited by ChrisHagen 06/11/2013 04:26 am Report this Post to the Staff

jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 06/12/2013 1:39 pm Looks like an Ayyubid fals, but hard to tell - very poorly preserved. Would need the other side to tell for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
ChrisHagen New Member Denmark 29 Posts	Posted 06/12/2013 3:12 pm Thanks a lot - I'll try looking at Ayyubid faluses (falii? fallodes?) to see if I can spot any that are similar. I am continiously working on the other side, and I am starting to bring out some legible detail! I promise to post a picture of the reverse once it's clean enough to actually read a single word. Report this Post to the Staff
jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 06/12/2013 5:48 pm Plural is also fals, or you could just say fulus. Paul Balog, Coinage of the Ayyubids is the standard reference on these. The internet has a lot of garbage references on Ayyubid copper so use Balog. Available from the ANA library for loan or copies can be found at around $35. Report this Post to the Staff
ChrisHagen New Member Denmark 29 Posts	Posted 06/13/2013 08:23 am Thanks for the reference! Using internet resources, I feel I have matched part of the coin's inscription to a coin of Al Awhad Ayyub, 1199 or 1200 to 1210 AD. http://i.imgur.com/RhimCZf.jpg Here is the text in question, do you agree it is the same, although with minor style variations etc? Report this Post to the Staff
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