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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 2526172, member: 81887"]The coin on the right is an early Post-Reform fals from the Umayyad Caliphate, quite early in the Muslim series c. 690- 750 AD. Unfortunately, your coin is an anonymous type featuring only a standardized religious legend, with no date, ruler, or mint given. Sometimes these can be more specifically ID'd based on minor style differences, but I'm not skilled enough for that. (It's probably not Indian subcontinent, more likely somewhere in the Middle East, but again, I can't narrow it much more than that.) In the top photo the coin is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise and shows the coin's reverse, middle photo shows correct orientation of the obverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>The left coin is likely somewhere in the Indian subcontinent, c. 15th-19th century. Top photo is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Other than that, I can't tell, because these coins were usually struck with dies much bigger than the flans, so much of the legend is off the coin. A few people have the skill to attribute these, unfortunately I am not one of those people. Anyway, hope my other answer was helpful.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 2526172, member: 81887"]The coin on the right is an early Post-Reform fals from the Umayyad Caliphate, quite early in the Muslim series c. 690- 750 AD. Unfortunately, your coin is an anonymous type featuring only a standardized religious legend, with no date, ruler, or mint given. Sometimes these can be more specifically ID'd based on minor style differences, but I'm not skilled enough for that. (It's probably not Indian subcontinent, more likely somewhere in the Middle East, but again, I can't narrow it much more than that.) In the top photo the coin is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise and shows the coin's reverse, middle photo shows correct orientation of the obverse. The left coin is likely somewhere in the Indian subcontinent, c. 15th-19th century. Top photo is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Other than that, I can't tell, because these coins were usually struck with dies much bigger than the flans, so much of the legend is off the coin. A few people have the skill to attribute these, unfortunately I am not one of those people. Anyway, hope my other answer was helpful.[/QUOTE]
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