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Dcnw1983 Valued Member United States 264 Posts	Posted 03/17/2016 5:54 pm Any help would be appreciated in identifying a time period for this dirhem I inherited. Thank you. * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/17/2016 8:24 pm I believe your coin is Umayyad, but I don't know enough on how to read the legend. Report this Post to the Staff
InconsistentBlend Valued Member Poland 59 Posts	Posted 03/19/2016 3:59 pm I'm really bad at reading arabic/kufic script and I'm sure some expert will hop in eventually, but it's always better to know more so I tried to figure it out and I think it's 103 AH so that would be Yazid II who ruled in AH 101-105 (AD 720-724). You can see one for reference here. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 03/19/2016 5:54 pm Date and mint are on the second photo around the rim, starting at about one o'clock and travelling counter clockwise. Translated, it reads "In the name of Allah this dirhem was minted in Wasit in the year three and one hundred". Actually, I'm only about 90% sure on the mint name. The attribution should be Album #135. Pretty common coin, but a very nice coin! "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
Dcnw1983 Valued Member United States 264 Posts	Posted 03/21/2016 5:50 pm Thank you for all the helpful info. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16861 Posts	Posted 03/22/2016 05:03 am I agree with the date and mint stated above. AH 103 correlates to AD 721-722. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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