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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 24888718, member: 92212&quot;][USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER]&nbsp; Thanks for the write-up. Very interesting historical background to this drachm. Nice detail in the headdress and in the margin legend!</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not have an Ummayad example naming Ziyad ibn Abi, but I do have an Ummayad Caliphate coin from under the reign of the ruler you named, Mu&#039;awiya ibn Abi Sufyan.&nbsp; Instead of imitating the Sasanian style as does your posted coin, my coin shown below imitates the Byzantine style. (As you know, as the Islamic Caliphate advanced into new areas to take control, they tended to produce types that were in close imitation of the newly acquired land&#039;s coinage.) </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1598621[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1598626[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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