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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 5661507, member: 74834"]I haven't been focusing on Abbasid coins (apart from the early coppers), but they are often very beautiful and well-made: engraved by artists and struck with attention. Here's a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-%E2%80%98em-if-you-got-%E2%80%98em.300099/page-390#post-5426590" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-%E2%80%98em-if-you-got-%E2%80%98em.300099/page-390#post-5426590">contemporary gold coin</a> of another islamic dynasty, a Fatimid dinar from 1029 AD that recently was put in another thread. Fatimids reigned in Egypt-North Africa mainly, Sicily also during one and a half century, and this dinar was issued in Mahdia, now in Tunisia.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is another, a dinar from Central Asia - of the contemporary Samanid dynasty, expertly engraved by one of very few contemporary artist who signed his name! and excellently struck, very round and regular.</p><p>AV dinar Samanids. Nasr II b. Ahmad (301-331), Nishapur AH 327 (=938/9). Signed by engraver Abu Harith on obv. on 9 o’clock margin. 22.5 mm, 4.86 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242467[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 5661507, member: 74834"]I haven't been focusing on Abbasid coins (apart from the early coppers), but they are often very beautiful and well-made: engraved by artists and struck with attention. Here's a [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-%E2%80%98em-if-you-got-%E2%80%98em.300099/page-390#post-5426590']contemporary gold coin[/URL] of another islamic dynasty, a Fatimid dinar from 1029 AD that recently was put in another thread. Fatimids reigned in Egypt-North Africa mainly, Sicily also during one and a half century, and this dinar was issued in Mahdia, now in Tunisia. This is another, a dinar from Central Asia - of the contemporary Samanid dynasty, expertly engraved by one of very few contemporary artist who signed his name! and excellently struck, very round and regular. AV dinar Samanids. Nasr II b. Ahmad (301-331), Nishapur AH 327 (=938/9). Signed by engraver Abu Harith on obv. on 9 o’clock margin. 22.5 mm, 4.86 gr. [ATTACH=full]1242467[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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