fake?

arlea1957

Hi I found several old coins years ago and just dug them up (pardon the pun). I believe these are mostly fake but would like to verify. So as not to bore you to death I will try to post one a day, your opinions are appreciated.



tnx

Rob

Edited to add: if anyone wants to check them all for me I can post larger pics to a photopage but I would need your email address to invite you to view....pm me if you are willing to help....

newsman

That's an Islamic silver dirham from the Abbasid era. I can't tell from the photo whether it is real or fake, but the real ones can be had relatively cheaply.

tbirde56

I have a piece of that era and here's the attribution I got from an expert on them:

Samanids, Nasr II bin Ahmad (AH 301-331/ AD
914-943), AR Dirham, (Madinat Balkh?), AH 328 citing
caliph al-Razi. Album 1451. Rather a tentative
attribution due to condition and photography but the
date is reasonably clear in the photo as is al-Razi’s
name which agrees with the date. The mint name is
little more than a guess.

(The one on the left below):


I'd be glad to take a look at your pics too.

arlea1957

Hi Brian send me your email addy...

tnx