Medieval Islamic bronze coin - Abbasid coin

Description: This listing is for 1 Medieval islamic fals coin, minted by the Abbasids [750-1258]. Size: 13 mm // 1,76 g ---Historically, muslim countries had 3 kinds of coins: gold coins - called dinar (ﺩﻳﻨﺎﺭ), silver coins - called dirham (درهم), and copper coins - called fals (فلس). The word "dinar" comes from the Latin word "denarius", which was actually a silver coin (not gold), and later replaced by the Antoninianus. The word "dirham" comes from drachma (δραχμή), a kind of silver coin used in Greece. And the word "fals" derived from "follis", a Roman and later Byzantine copper coin. It should be no surprise that the names of islamic coins come from Greek and Latin, since well established trade routes existed between Yemen and Mecca (in the Arabian peninsula) and Byzantine Syria, Egypt and Constantinople. Arabs before Islam used coins from the Eastern Roman and Sassanid Empires in their day to day, and this trend continued in the early period of the Umayyad state. Later, they started minting their own coins in the style of Byzantine coins, then making changes to the style, then transitioning to having their own coinage independent of the Byzantine coinage system, but the names remained. Islamic coins often have the phrase "لا اله إلا الله" (la ilaha illa allah) which means "there is no deity except for one God". This is a very important phrase to muslims, since it encapsulates the core of their belief - strict monotheism - besides this, muslims also believe in (2) the existence of Angels [who are purely good in the sense that they cannot go against God's commands], (3) revelation from God [usually in the form of books, the Quran, the Gospel, the Torah, the Psalms, etc.], (4) prophets to whom God revealed said books [Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, David] and Messengers who generally convey God's message without changing any previous laws from the books [Enoch, Lot, Jacob, Job, Solomon, Elijah, etc.], (5) belief in the Day of Judgement, and (6) belief in Destiny [that God knows everything that has happened, is happing, will happen, as well as everything that could have happened if things were different]. Please check the pictures to see the condition of the coin for yourself, sold as is. Feel free to message us with any questions :) SHIPPING We offer combined shipping - $5 - worldwide on all orders with 3 or more items purchased. Outside of Europe, tracking numbers can only be provided for orders going to the following countries:USA, Canada, Australia, New ZealandChina, Korea, Japan, SingaporeBrasil, Mexico Delivery times (this is according to the Portuguese post CTT website, but be aware that it may take longer sometimes):Europe: 5 business daysRest of the world: 7 business days Note we go to the post office twice a week - Mondays (or Tuesdays) and Fridays. If the shipping cost is not right at check out please send a request for combined shipping. -> On the shopping cart page, just left of the large blue “Go to check out” button, there is a smaller “Request combined shipping”, just click there and follow the prompts.If that doesn’t work, send us a message and we’ll be happy to sort it out for you :) RETURNS AND PROBLEM RESOLUTION We accept returns up to 30 days after you receive your package but return postage must be payed by the buyer. If you wish to return your coin please get in contact with us.Any issues that you have, order arriving late, product not matching description, any issues at all, please please please send us a message and we’ll try to sort it out together, please don’t open a case with ebay as even if we solve the problem to your satisfaction, ebay will still penalise us for you opening a case in the first place. CARE AND STORAGE Old coins and banknotes are unique and irreplaceable treasures. Before having any ideas about attempting to clean them, please do your research. What you do you cannot undo! Even water can change the way they look forever. So please please please before doing anything read, watch videos, multiple if necessary as different people can have different opinions and most importantly the coins are not the same (just because cleaning one kind of bronze coins in a specific way is ok, it doesn’t mean it will be fine for all bronze coins and so on). So just be careful. As for storage, there are many good options available, just try to keep in mind that whatever you end up choosing should be acid-free and pvc-free, as normal paper and plastic have chemicals on the surface which can and will damage coins and banknotes if they stay in contact for a long time. In general, anything from well-known brands such as Lindner, Lighthouse, Guardhouse etc are a good go to, velvet-lined trays within a coin cabinet are also a nice option :) —We add new listings every day, you are welcome to check out the other listings in our store 😊Many thanks!

Price: 20 USD

Location: Setubal

End Time: 2025-01-18T09:37:01.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6 USD