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New Member
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20mm diam and paper thin but has a feel and weight of gold.Any help greatly appreciated   |
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Pillar of the Community
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One of the CCF experts on older Islamic coins will wee this later and help out.
Being paper thin gives it a better chance of being authentic.
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Pillar of the Community
Lebanon
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old arabic ,maybe fatimid coin
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Pillar of the Community
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Your coin is in Fatimid style but it is an issue of the famous Ayyubid sultan Saladin as independent ruler 1174-1193, also citing the 'Abbasid caliph al-Nasir. Saladin's personal name Yusuf bin Ayyub is at center in the first photo. The mint is unclear but I'm leaning toward al-Qahira (Cairo). The date is illegible. Sharper photos might or might not help.
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It hasn't been said yet, but yes, it is gold, and quite pure gold too.
Being a "coin of Saladin", it will be worth considerably more than its bullion value.
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
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New Member
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That`s great to hear , I will try and get a sharper photo uploaded asap. Thanks for your help,that is brilliant information.
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Pillar of the Community
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It is indeed al-Qahirah (Cairo). The date is AH 587 (AD 1191).
Edited by Kushanshah
02/11/2021 4:07 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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[edit] double post
Edited by Kushanshah
02/11/2021 4:06 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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The legends translate as follows (more or less), reading from center outward.
O: Yusuf son of Ayyub / the high king the ultimate Salah al-Din / Muhammad is the apostle of Allah who sent him with guidance and the religion of truth that it might prevail over all religion (Qur'an 9:33).
R: the imam Ahmad / Abu'l-'Abbas al-Nasir li-Din Allah commander of the faithful, there is no God but Allah / in the name of Allah was struck this dinar of al-Qahirah in the year seven and eighty and five hundred.
Ahmad Abu'l-'Abbas al-Nasir li-Din Allah, cited on the reverse, is the 'Abbasid caliph, known more simply as al-Nasir.
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02/11/2021 4:53 pm
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That is fantastic, thankyou for the translation and information. Much appreciated.
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