Hussulo Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Can anyone help with this one? It is rather worn but an unusual shape: Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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roaddevil Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 i can read arabic yes...but not in that state xD!! all i can make out is allah written in arabic in the first pic. so yes 100% islamic related. more info by google the Muwahhids, produced another oddity, a square dirham that lacked every type of identifying mark and bore nothing other than religious phrases (and just occasionally a mintname). These square coins became extremely popular and were copied by the neighboring Christians, the small Islamic state of Granada, and several states in Northern Africa including the Hafsids of Tunisia and the Marinids of Morocco. source :- http://users.rcn.com/j-roberts/spain.htm some examples in this link :- http://users.rcn.com/j-roberts/muw.htm examples of the spanish christians square coins :- http://users.rcn.com/j-roberts/spa.htm more examples can be found in the link from the source page hope this helps huss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted May 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Thats brilliant thanks RD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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