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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Black Friar, post: 2630590, member: 76221&quot;]Very cool and great find.&nbsp; Dumbarton Oaks collection of Arab Byz coins has a piece very similar in style if not dead on.&nbsp; They attribute it to Syria with Palavi or Arabic script.&nbsp; I believe that&#039;s the case with this one. These are quite scarce and can get a premium.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Love those Arab/Byz coins.&nbsp; Junk boxes and large groups are great sources and all think they are just more junky Byzantines worth nada.&nbsp; Ou contraire mon ami. They can keep you busy, and intrigued for many hours.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, you should at least invest in the DO book by Clive Foss: <i>Arab-Byzantine Coins An Introduction, with a Catalogue of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection.&nbsp; </i>Currently on Amazon is a used one for $21.00 or so.&nbsp; I&#039;d suggest this as a good primmer on these fun coins.&nbsp; Also, see Charlie Davis&#039;s books by edited by Tony Goodwin, an excellent writer and editor of many papers.&nbsp; Both have great plates and are at $60 and 65 respectively.&nbsp; If you are at all interested, you should purchase them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier definitive works in hard bound are out there, but are limited copies and can be a bit pricey.&nbsp; I lucked out as I purchase them at original issue prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Hunting....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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