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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26208177, member: 92212&quot;]Nice coin and historical background write-up -- thanks for posting it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is an Abbasid coin of that <b>al-Mansur</b> mentioned above, issued the last year of his reign, from the old Round-City mint of Madinat al-Salaam (which grew to become Baghdad).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1673624[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Photo credit: coinphotographystudio.com)</p><p><b>Islamic, &#039;Abbasid Caliphate, al-Mansur, AH 136-158 (AD 754-775), AR Dirham, Madinat al-Salaam mint, AH 158. 25 mm. 2.92 gr. Album #213.1 [Purchased from David L. Tranbarger, 2007.]</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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