Unknown Coin Found Yesterday (Id: Likely Ayyubid Dynasty Fals)

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Mike3Mike New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 03/22/2010 5:49 pm I found this coin in a field in Hampshire UK yesterday and it certainly doesn't look British! It's about the same size as a 10 pence piece - ~23mm diameter it is hammered rather than milled, though is rather thick for a hammered coin. I've adjusted the photos to make it easier to see the text. It is in reality the colour is red of copper I oxide - sort of Iron oxide colour, but is non-ferrous. I have no idea as to it's origin and would welcome any help. Thanks in advance! Report this Post to the Staff

Warack60 New Member United States 44 Posts	Posted 03/22/2010 6:36 pm There is so little detail on the coin its tough to get a distinguished marking from the picture Report this Post to the Staff
Mike3Mike New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 03/22/2010 6:48 pm This coin has been buried in a field for what I suspect is hundreds of years before I picked it up, so I think it has some excuse for not looking too good. I'd look a lot worse! This is why I enhanced the photos before posting. I was hoping someone would recognise the script and possibly translate it for me! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 03/22/2010 8:30 pm The script appears to be Arabic; to me it looks most like a Crusader-period Islamic coin, something along the lines of this coin on Zeno, from the Ayyubid dynasty - the descendants of Saladin, circa 1200-1250 AD. A small copper Islamic coin is usually called a "fals" or "falus". 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
Mike3Mike New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 03/22/2010 8:47 pm Thanks for that. I had looked at the examples here: http://users.rcn.com/j-roberts/ayy.htm but had decided the writing on mine was too big. I had suspected the crusader period due to finding it in Britain Updated: I think I've found a better match http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=82251 Now how on Earth did that end up in a field in Hampshire UK Edited by Mike3Mike 03/22/2010 9:15 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 03/23/2010 01:55 am Quote: Now how on Earth did that end up in a field in Hampshire UK It certainly is unusual, and from the crustiness it's fair to assume that it's not a recently lost coin from somebody's collection. There are some Ottoman and Indian States coins listed on the UKDFD website, but no older Islamic coins, and very few Crusader coins. It was presumably a souvenir from a pilgrim or crusader who picked it up in change while over there and then returned from the Holy Land with it. 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
nohope587 Pillar of the Community United States 5953 Posts	Posted 03/23/2010 07:50 am Try rubbing it... Place a sheet of paper over the coin and lightly rub the paper with a wax crayon or soft pencil. It should transfer any of the remaining coin detail to the paper and make it easier to identify. Report this Post to the Staff
coin22 New Member United States 39 Posts	Posted 04/03/2010 10:15 am It might be Egyptian because of it's faint pictures. Report this Post to the Staff
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