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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1848306, member: 44210&quot;]Hope you don&#039;t mind steve, here are my only two Islamic coins, from the Umayyad Caliphate (also known as the &quot;U Mad Caliphate&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)&nbsp;&nbsp; (the largest Islamic state to ever exist), and the Ottoman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Umayyad Caliphate</b></u></p><p>AE Fals (a word derived from the Byzantine &#039;follis&#039;)</p><p>Obverse: The Kalima, in 3-line script, within three circles</p><p>Reverse: In Arabic script: &quot;Muhammad rasul Allah&quot;</p><p>Tabariya (Tiberias) mint, struck 749 AD</p><p>Ref: Album 188</p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/UmayyadFals.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(don&#039;t exactly have the full attribution for this one, just the basic info)</p><p><u><b>Ottoman Empire</b></u></p><p>AR Akce</p><p>Constantinople mint, struck 1482 (during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II)</p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/BayezidIIConstantinople.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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