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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3790165, member: 93416&quot;]The name of the gold dinar seems to reference the denarius aureus, but its weight instead seems to deliberately repudiate Roman standards, and revert to the Attic drachm.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The silver dirhem is a new denomination in itself, but the weight standard it references seems to be the 500g mina of very ancient Mesopotamia. I have an article coming rather soon I hope on this matter. The sterling penny is exactly half of the Canonical dirhem (2.93g vs 1.46g) and that seems to be because both sought to reference the weight standard of Moses – in Leviticus.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bones of the explanation are already published here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/6882687/Coin_Weight_and_Historical_Metrology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/6882687/Coin_Weight_and_Historical_Metrology" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/6882687/Coin_Weight_and_Historical_Metrology</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For those who like the story in pictures see page 139</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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