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pdg Valued Member New Zealand 89 Posts	Posted 10/12/2022 03:22 am Not sure even where to start with this one, so any tips appreciated. All I am confident of so far is that this coin is a dirham from the Abbasid caliphate. Beyond that I have no idea of date/ruler. I gather most of the identifying information on these coins is in the outer inscriptions, which appear to be missing. I don't know if that is due to wear or if clipping was an issue even in the days of the Caliphate. I don't have scales to weigh it but the diameter is about 19mm. Report this Post to the Staff

Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 10/12/2022 05:49 am Not 'Abbasid but Ghaznavid, Mas'ud I, 1030-1042, AR dirham, also citing the 'Abbasid caliph al-Qa'im, mint (if any) and date illegible, Album 1621. The tight margins are typical, unfortunately. The first image is the reverse. The emir is named in the last two lines: Nasir Din Allah / Mas'ud. The second image is the obverse, citing the caliph in the last line: al-Qa'im bi-amr Allah. Edited by Kushanshah 10/12/2022 07:54 am Report this Post to the Staff
pdg Valued Member New Zealand 89 Posts	Posted 10/13/2022 03:28 am Great, thank you Kushanshah! I was hoping you would spot my post and share your formidable knowledge. It seems I was mistaken about even the one thing I was confident of but on the upside I now have a whole new empire to read up on and learn about! Thanks also for the translations. Edited by pdg 10/13/2022 03:29 am Report this Post to the Staff
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