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krizzdeburgh New Member Norway 21 Posts	Posted 03/27/2011 2:26 pm Haven't got a clue Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 03/27/2011 8:52 pm It's not technically ancient, though it's still quite old. It's an early Islamic silver dirham, from the early 'Abbasid period, I believe. The inscriptions are nice and clear and I should be able to read the date, once I can dig out my "Arabic coins and how to read them" book. In the meantime, check out the coins of the earlier rulers on this zeno.ru page. 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
krizzdeburgh New Member Norway 21 Posts	Posted 03/29/2011 02:12 am Cool. Thank you very much Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 03/29/2011 09:38 am OK, I finally had enough time to look up the date. The year reads "two and two hundred", or 202 in the Islamic calendar (= 817/8 AD). The mint is City of Samarqand, I believe, located in present-day Uzbekistan. Very similar to this coin on zeno.ru except for the slight difference in date. 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
krizzdeburgh New Member Norway 21 Posts	Posted 03/30/2011 05:48 am Thanks for the translation. Is this coin worth anything? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 03/30/2011 08:56 am Islamic coins aren't very popular in the West, due to the foreign language, religion, culture etc barrier, and the market in the Arab world is still very small. When you can find a dealer that sells them, identifiable Abbasid dirhams tend to sell for around $30 or so; this one in better-than-typical condition might sell for a little more. 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
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