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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2973426, member: 19463&quot;]Are our Islamic experts comfortable with calling all of Sallent&#039;s coins &#039;Islamic&#039;?</p><p><br /></p><p>While the matter of non-believers handling the sacred text was covered, I find more interest in the number of coins that allowed the depiction of humans or animals which most considered against the teachings.&nbsp; My favorite is the compromise of Suleiman of Tabaristan (<font size="4">784-788 AD) </font>who copiedthe Sasanian original but replaced the king&#039;s face with a diamond shaped lozenge.[ATTACH=full]729979[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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