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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2754973, member: 75799&quot;]Beautiful pieces.. here are 2 of my other pieces..</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Minted and circulated during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammed and the Rashidun Caliphate. </p><p><br /></p><p>AH 1-30 / AD 622-651</p><p><br /></p><p>Arab-Byzantine half follis imitation of Justinian I. </p><p><br /></p><p>During the lifetime of the Founder of Islam the Prophet Muhammed and the first Islamic Caliphate, the Orthodox Rashidun Caliphate, the currency in circulation were copied from the reigning powers of the time which were the Byzantine in the west as well as Persian Sassanian Empire in the East. This was known as the pre-reform period. This bronze coin was minted in an uncertain Syrian mint and in circulation during this period.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]631838[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Muawiyah I - Founder and first Caliph of the Ummayyad Caliphate (AD 661-680)</p><p><br /></p><p>Arab Sassanian Silver Drachm </p><p><br /></p><p>Founder of the Umayyad Caliphate that succeeded the Orthodox Rashidun, Muawiyah was also the secretary of the prophet Mohammed during his lifetime. Imitation of the Persian Sassanian silver drachms but with an added &quot;bismillah&quot; inscription in Arabic on the obverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]631839[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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