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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 8321838, member: 96898&quot;]This is indeed a fascinating new coin. I have absolutely no idea how to date or locate this imitation, and I also don&#039;t know whether there is any scholarship on imitative Umayyad coins during the first taifa period. Hopefully, some expert will chime in and have something substantial to say!</p><p><br /></p><p>Both my coins from Umayyad Al-Andalus are much earlier and official:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474204[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Umayyads in Spain (Emirate of Córdoba), under al-Hakam I (Alhaquén), AR dirham, 805/6 AD (190 AH), Al-Andalus mint. Obv: beginning of kalima, mint-date-formula around. Rev: Surah 112 and IX, 33. 26.5mm, 2.56g. Miles 81c; Album 341.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1474203[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Umayyads in Spain (Emirate of Córdoba), under Abd al-Rahman II, AR dirham, 844/5 AD (230 H), Al-Andalus mint. Obv: beginning of kalima, mint-date-formula around. Rev: Surah 112 and IX, 33. 22mm, 1.80g. Miles 122; Album 342.1; Vives 197.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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