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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 4101551, member: 84905&quot;]There are other examples of Arabic script (or imitation of Arabic script) on Christian coins (medieval Sicily, Portugal, Hungary and of course Russia in the late 14th and 15th centuries). The reason is very profane and goes back to a famous adage in economics &quot;anybody can create money, the problem is to get it accepted&quot;. </p><p>People were used to certain designs on coins. They knew these coins and they trusted them, even if they could not read the legends. Diverting from the trusted design was commercially risky. Hence, the crusaders continued Arabic script out of economic necessity (and somtimes against the protest of the clergy).</p><p>There are also examples of Latin on Islamic coins. Hence, the early Muslim dynasties copied Latin Byzantine coins and even the Muslim conquerers of Spain put Latin text on their first gold coinage issued in AD 711.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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