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Another Arabic Coin With A Star Of David On It

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 Posted 06/27/2011  12:17 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add brm9009 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
today I bought a coin in a small antiques dealer. I think the date is 1318 (arabic years) but I am not sure. It has 2 stars of david on it, one on the front and the other on the back. does anyone have any idea what it is. The dealer said it is iraqi but I checked the web and I found nothing.
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 Posted 06/27/2011  12:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bacchus2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi - A picture would help - but I suspect it is Moroccan
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 Posted 06/27/2011  12:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TwoKopeiki to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Beat me by a minute! I'd also guess a Moroccan bronze Falus.
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 Posted 06/27/2011  3:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nikola to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hello and welcome.
According to the description I would have agreed with Bacchus2 and TwoKopeiki , but the picture would definitely help.
My opinion is that it is a Moroccan Dirham from the period Abd al-Aziz AH1311-1326 / 1894-1908AD
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Does it have a five-pointed or six-pointed star? The five-pointed star is found on many Moroccan coins. A Star of David is six-pointed.
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Actually, most Moroccan copper coins from the 1800s have six-pointed stars. The Seal of Solomon, from which the Star of David was derived in mediaeval times, is usually depicted as six-pointed with a dot in the centre. NGC example.
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 Posted 06/27/2011  11:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TwoKopeiki to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sapyx, I seem to recall the same question on another forum a long time ago :)

And you're absolutely right, Star of David would be 6-pointed, while Seal of Solomon on Islamic coins could be both 5 and 6-pointed.

And I meant to say Falus, not Mohur. This is not India ;)
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if you still didnt get your answer, I think a pic would help
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The hexagram is a geometric design found in many religions. During the great flowering of Islamic culture in the medieval period, geometric design was a recurrent theme in Islamic artwork, and so it is not surprising to see hexagrams on Moroccan coins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagram

I quite like the Moroccan 50 centime (c.1920's) with a pentagram on one side and a pair of octograms on the other.
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