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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3296217, member: 85693&quot;]I recently got this in a lot - I&#039;ve spent some time cruising Arabic dirhems and found a few that seem close, but no exact matches.&nbsp; As close as I can come is an Ayyubid dirhem &quot;&#039;Square in circle&quot; type. Kalima around square. Caliph&#039;s name (al-Nasir) and titles&quot; (from a FORVM post).&nbsp;&nbsp; Or it could be a Crusader imitation.&nbsp; Or a 19th century issue from Egypt that I am just missing...this is far out of my area, but it intrigues me and I&#039;d like to learn more.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is about 20 mm in diameter and weighs 2.66 grams.&nbsp; Many thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]872547[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>While I&#039;m at it, my local dealer had this impressively dumpy copper dump in his junk bin.&nbsp; It is one of those coins I wouldn&#039;t have thought an area of interest until I got it in hand - I think it is marvelous.&nbsp; Anyway, I&#039;ve been surfing images of these as well.&nbsp; As close as I came was the Ahmadnagar Sultanate - it is 20 mm in diameter and 7 mm thick, weighing 20.94 grams.&nbsp; I found a lot that were similar, but not quite like this one.&nbsp; Again, thanks for your help. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]872548[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]872549[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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