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Abbasid Dirham?

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 Posted 01/17/2016  6:16 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add LordWrathbone to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I can't ID this exact coin, don't have experience with ancient coinage.
Can I get some help with this please?
Also, what do you think about a little acetone on this guy?
Sorry about the graininess, was having trouble getting a good pic.
Thanks!

Abbasid-Dirham?

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 Posted 01/17/2016  6:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not my area, but it does bear much similarity to Abbasid Al-Mahdi issues, such as:

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/lo...Default.aspx

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sp...Default.aspx

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It sure does! Does every line have to look exactly the same to call it a match? Or would it be safe to say that's it? because there are slight differences there...
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Well, the second link (to the Sphinx coin) includes the Arabic legends in the description. Using the translation function on my browser, I see the last line of the reverse legend reads as "Caliph al-Mahdi." That same line seems to match the script on your coin, so I think it's a good assumption that it's from the reign of Al-Mahdi. Hopefully someone with more knowledge of these issues will contribute to the thread.
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I'm super rusty with my arabic, but yes I'm quite sure that you've got a coin from al-Mahdi. That would make it an Album 215.1. I'm having trouble identifying the mint, but you've got your attribution.

Also, your coin seems to be a bit more granular than most I think, especially on the reverse.
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In hand it's not so grainy, I'll try to do a better pic but for some reason I'm having a lot of trouble with it. Would acetone be out of order for a coin like this? Maybe that would help?
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I don't know a lot about this type so I'm probably wrong, but it looks more like al-Hadi the ruler after al-Mahdi.
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Got a new one, different ruler? The side not shown is the same as on the other coin.

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Thanks for the lead Bob!
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