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Georgia
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Definitely an Umayyad coin, but could anyone help me to narrow it down? Also, could it be a modern copy? Looks fine to me, tbh.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Off the top of my head, Khusru type with bism Allah rabi in the obverse margin, BYSh (Bishapur mint), date? Apparently clipped. No opinion on authenticity.
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 Spain
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 ....Definitely Bishapur mint. Date...Maybe I'd go with AH 48 or 47....Maybe Kushanshah has better eyes than me...Hopefully he'll take a look..  |
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United Kingdom
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I think you might need the weight for authenticity. If I remember, they were pretty precise.
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United States
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United Kingdom
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The Umayyads copied Sassanian coins, adding Arabic like "bism Allah rabi".
Edited by JohnConduitt
12/24/2021 12:08 pm
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Russian Federation
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Looking at the assorted regnal date identifier tables, I would read the OP coin's date as 38, but I'm not very confident. (The 38 at Beast Coins looks very similar, but they don't have a 37 or 39 to compare it with.)
Those dates can get very high (reportedly into the 140s or even higher) and I couldn't find any tables that go past 49. For all I know it's actually 77 or whatever.
AFAIK these types are usually known as Arab-Sassanian; they continue the series of Sassanian coins, but add Arabic inscriptions, and let the regnal years go up because there are no more Sassanian kings for them to count from.
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12/24/2021 12:49 pm
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United States
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I stand corrected -- I didn't realize that the Umayyads were the Arabs referred to in Arab-Sassanian issues. Learn something every day!
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United States
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Looking at the relevant plate in SICA-1 with a magnifying glass, I agree it's AH 48.
The surfaces are unusually rough in spots. I'm not certain whether it's natural or evidence of casting.
Not all Arab-Sasanian coins are attributable to the Umayyads. Some belong to the preceding Rashidun caliphate, others to governors and rebels. The coins of Tabaristan and Bukhara extend into the 'Abbasid era.
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 Georgia
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Wow, guys, such a huge lot of info, thanks! It indeed seems to be this one - https://db.stevealbum.com/php/lot_a...ot=73&lang=1 As for authenticity, shall I remain optimistic? The weight is 3.8g, which, given the clipping, is close to 4.02 indicated on the link above. What other features should I look at? |
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