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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Zuhara, post: 851200, member: 23099&quot;]<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/72246d1270240145-arabic5back.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/72246d1270240145-arabic5back.jpg"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/72246d1270240145t-arabic5back.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/72247d1270240150-arabic5front.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/72247d1270240150-arabic5front.jpg"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/72247d1270240150t-arabic5front.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think the above might be an Umayyad bronze, similar to this one below. The inscriptions in the fields of the obverse (La illaha illa Allah wahdahu) and reverse (Muhammed rasul Allah) are the same. I can&#039;t make out the margins however:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Islamic, Umayyad, Anonymous (post reform), 77 - 132 H, 696 - 750 A.D.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/zoompgsold.asp?param=12568q00.jpg&amp;vpar=1288&amp;zpg=10726&amp;fld=http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/zoompgsold.asp?param=12568q00.jpg&amp;vpar=1288&amp;zpg=10726&amp;fld=http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins/12568p00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/zoom.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>12568. Bronze fals, <span style="color: #000066">Walker</span> 850 var, gVF, weight 3.189 g, maximum <span style="color: #000066">diameter</span> 20.6 mm, <span style="color: #000066">die axis</span> 0o, Al-Ramla mint, 77 - 132 H, 696 - 750 A.D.; <span style="color: #000066">obverse</span> arabic script within double <span style="color: #000066">circle</span> with striations; <span style="color: #000066">reverse</span> arabic script and palm-branch within <span style="color: #000066">circle</span>, arabic script around; <b>nice desert <span style="color: #000066">patina</span></b>; <b><span style="color: #800000">SOLD </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1288&amp;pos=0&amp;sold=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1288&amp;pos=0&amp;sold=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1288&amp;pos=0&amp;sold=1</a></span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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