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persia New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 01/19/2017 7:26 pm * Edited by Staff to remove YELLING. All capital letters is the internet version of yelling. Please don't do it in titles or posts. * Hi, I have several gold Umayyad coins , is here someone who know how to read dates on Umayyad coins , or where is the date located on the coin , Thank you Petro Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34410 Posts	Posted 01/19/2017 9:24 pm @persia, the date is written out in Kufic words along the perimeter. If you are looking to learn how to date your coins, I definitely recommend "Arabic Coins and How to Read Them" by Richard Plant. "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
Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 01/20/2017 01:20 am I had a problem with this and that inspired me to buy as many books as I can find regarding coin dates so the Plant book is one of many on my bookshelf. Trouble is, many posts here are not really from serious world coin collectors. They may have a piece here and there and may be curious, but not curious enough to go through the trouble of buying books. I'd need better quality images or even the coin in hand for me to give it a whirl. Others may do it better than me with the given images. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16829 Posts	Posted 01/20/2017 06:57 am These coins are read very similarly to the silver dirham I posted in these educational pics: Except that for these gold coins, the important inscription with the date has "swapped sides" and is now the legend around the side shown in the OP's bottom pic. The legend starts at about 12 o'clock and reads "Bismallah zuriba haza el-dinar sanat sitt wa tis'in" - By God's will, this dinar was struck, year six and ninety. AH 96 equates to AD 714-715. 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
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 01/20/2017 08:23 am very interesting , Sap , thank you .Till now , I looked always for a similar coin but that takes a lot of time . Now I will try it on this way by buying Plant's book , so thanks also Spence. albert Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34410 Posts	Posted 01/20/2017 8:06 pm great tutorial @sap! "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
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