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  • DCHDCH Posts: 332
    I'm guessing it's an Ayubbid dirham....pic is upside down.
  • coachleonardcoachleonard Posts: 995 ✭
    or..it could be a Crusader-struck imitation of a silver dirhem of roughly the 1180-1250 period. This is a type the Crusaders apparently did strike imitations of, I think mostly in the early 1200's. Apparently there's a way to tell the difference between the Islamic issues and the Crusader imitations-- I'm not sure if it's a matter of style, or if the Crusader imitations were smaller perhaps.
  • DCHDCH Posts: 332
    This one looks close.

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    al-Zahir Ghazi b.Yusuf b.Ayyub (582-613/1186-1216)
  • ProofArtworkonCircsProofArtworkonCircs Posts: 4,223 ✭
    How did an Islamic coin end up with the star of David?
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,701 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It looks Moroccan.
    Tempus fugit.
  • satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720 ✭


    << <i>How did an Islamic coin end up with the star of David? >>

    The six-pointed star is also known as the Seal of Solomon, and appears on - among other Islamic coins - many Moroccan issues.

    Muslims trace their lineage to the Jewish prophets, and since Solomon pre-dates Mohammad, he is an honored personage in the Islamic tradition.
    Roy


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  • ProofArtworkonCircsProofArtworkonCircs Posts: 4,223 ✭
    There was an Iranian currency issue, I think towards the end of the shah's reign. It had a six pointed star, which was quickly replaced.
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