Umayid or Abbasid coin?

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Rdolce
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Posted: 15 Sep 2019, 08:31 #
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Silver 2.7 grams
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Rich Dolce
AbdelHaqq
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Posted: 15 Sep 2019, 10:06 #
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Hello, mint Dimasqh (Damascus).
Date 9x AH. I am not sure about the unit of the date. It seems to ve a 2, but it is a strange way for engraving it. It is an Ummayad dirham.
Seeker55
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Posted: 15 Sep 2019, 16:51 #
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Using AbdelHaqq's very helpful information that it's Umayyad, mint Damascus, and approximate date, was able to find a similar one on Zeno

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=65741
Rdolce
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Posted: 15 Sep 2019, 18:43 #
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Thanks for help. Appears to be very early
in Ummayad Dynasty. Trying to get it translation.
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PetrusAscanus
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Posted: 17 Sep 2019, 11:37 #
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Nice quality!!
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
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Rdolce
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Posted: 17 Sep 2019, 17:53 #
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Thanks for all your help
numisquare
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Posted: 19 Sep 2019, 02:44 #
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This is year 96. The six appears as سلــ , with the two dots appearing over the left part of the line.
Klat Catalogue of the Post-Reform Dirhams: The Umayyad Dynasty p139 #340.1
Rdolce
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Posted: 19 Sep 2019, 03:47 #
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Thanks for your great expertise.

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Rich Dolce
Rdolce
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Posted: 19 Sep 2019, 05:06 #
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Then it would the year 717 on the Islamic
calendar. The Ummayad. Seventh ruler
Between 715 to 717 was Sulayman
Ibn abd al Malik. Founder of the City
of Ramala on current central Israel.
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Rdolce
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Posted: 19 Sep 2019, 05:15 #
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I just rechecked my math 96 would be
714 or715 year. Could be sixth Ummayad
Caliph. I have no way of telling which one.from coin.
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Rich Dolce
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