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UMAYYAD: Hisham, 724-743, AV dinar (4.24g), NM (Damascus), AH111

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:650.00 - 750.00 USD
UMAYYAD: Hisham, 724-743, AV dinar (4.24g), NM (Damascus), AH111
SOLD
900.00USD+ (162.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2013 Jan 18 @ 10:34UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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UMAYYAD: Hisham, 724-743, AV dinar (4.24g), NM (Damascus), AH111, A-136, minor graffiti above reverse field, nearly EF, ex. Robert Pelletreau collection. Graffiti was normally scratched into the blank area of the field by the owner for two reasons, either to guarantee its authenticity (much like ink stamps on US $100 notes) or to indicate that he was the owner. Graffiti on Umayyad and early Abbasid dinars (until about AH220) should not be regarded as a defect but rather as an aspect of contemporary monetary tradition, ditto for silver dirhams.