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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 4854126, member: 75482&quot;]Yes, while minting of gold and silver was reserved for caliphs and kings alone (known as the &quot;right of sikka&quot;), the bronze coinage was mostly civic in nature and local authorities must have felt freer to experiment with diverse types. I did not mean to imply that the metal was not a factor, only that the ban on graven images is not limited to coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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