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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1984012, member: 9204&quot;]First off, you have the obverse and reverse switched. The obverse begins with the bismillah, the name of God - a standardized formula on almost all Islamic coinage at this point. The last line on the obverse is Muqtadi, the &#039;Abbasid caliph and overlord. The name and titles are on the reverse, possibly with the name of a regional governor. I could read beyond that, but I&#039;m actually rubbish at reading these. It takes too much time and too much coffee for me to get through one! </p><p><br /></p><p>I could tell from the style of the script that it was either Seljuk or closely related, so I did a search for &quot;Great Seljuk&quot; and &quot;dinar,&quot; and then looked through until I found one with matching legends. If you want to learn how to read the date and mint and, with a lot of practice, the legends, find a copy of Arabic Coins and How to Read Them by Richard Plant. It&#039;s essentially a work book that will teach you how to read these coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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