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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Zuhara, post: 853244, member: 23099&quot;]People list them as Buyid coins. The independent dynasties issued their own coinage, and that coinage is usually listed under the name of the dynasty, even though the coins frequently also include the name of the current Abbasid caliph as well. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is interesting that the Buyids were Shi&#039;ites but they still wanted to maintain the fiction that they ruled under the authority of the Abbasid caliphs. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am not entirely sure however what particular dynasty this coin is from, since the writing is smushed. I will explain further in another post.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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