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lightrain New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 04/07/2024 2:40 pm Hello coins community, I'm a researcher trying to get more information about the content of a small hoard of 7 dinars from a 9th century hoard of dinars from Tel Yavne, Israel. The authors of the excavation report (https://www.jstor.org/stable/27131807) say: Quote: Near the opening to kiln L14200, a juglet was found. It contained a hoard of seven Abbasid coins, all gold dinars: four dinars from the early Abbasid period (762-806 CE), two dinars from the North African Aghlabid dynasty (in modern-day Tunis; 814-837 CE), and a single worn dinar of the caliph Al Mutawakkil (847-861 CE). There are some photos from news media. There best photo I've found of the coins is this one: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org...ggy-Bank.jpg Here is another photo, though not great. https://www.medievalists.net/wp-con...5%D7%9D.jpeg I'd be very grateful for more precise datings, and identification of mints. I imagine that the Aghlabid dinars were struck at Ifriqiya or al-Abbasiya. Based on reported minting frequencies, I'd guess that the early Abbasid dinars were struck at Damascus or Baghdad, and the late one in either Egypt or Baghdad. But these are just guesses-- I cannot read the inscriptions. I've been trying to find the contact information of the authors/excavators, but to no avail :( Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you. Report this Post to the Staff

Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 04/07/2024 10:48 pm In the photo with four coins forming a crescent, the 2nd coin is Aghlabid, immediately recognizable by the word ghalib at top. It is dated 199h but lacks a mint name as always. As noted, Ifriqiya and al-'Abbasiya are likely candidates. The Aghlabid 'Abd Allah, 811-816, is cited at bottom. Edited by Kushanshah 04/07/2024 10:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 04/10/2024 8:55 pm Here is a close-up of that second coin, in case the links become broken at some point: "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
lightrain New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 04/14/2024 10:59 am Thank you all, in particular to Kushanshah for the identification of the date of the Aghlabid coin! Report this Post to the Staff
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