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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acanthite, post: 167462, member: 6647&quot;]My knowledge of Arabic is rudimentary, but since this thread has been here all day I will give it a shot. The caption below the coin refers to that it is a dirham, and refers to the caliph (Commander of the Faithful), and the name I pick out is of Caliph Abdul Malik bin Marwan, who would be the 5th caliph of the Umayyad dynasty? (big guess). the UAE came out with some stamps showing dirhams from this time period, I will look and attach one if it seems to apply. Hope this helps, or rather, hope someone else can translate better than I can.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>OK, there is a date in the caption, 77 AH, that probably refers to the first islamic coins issued, which happened around 700 AD, under Abdul Malik bin Marwan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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