c/ancientcoins · by PugJesus@lemmy.world · 1yGold Umayyad coin, probably minted in Damascus, 691 AD-692 AD cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27396673 https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-gold-solidus-av1085/ 23 points · 2 comments · view on lemmy.world
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EvilCartyen@feddit.dk · 3 pts · 1y
Direct copy of a Byzantine coin, with select design changes to e.g. the cross. Pretty clever, actually, to take over and pretend everything was the same.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Oh, that’s right. Had to look it up. See the second picture.