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CEYLON (ANCIENT/MEDIEVAL): Anonymous, ca. 990-1070, AV kahavanu (4.39g), Mitch-825var, sri lamka vibhu, holding crescent / rosette, superb strike, choice Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated, RR.
Struck on thick narrow planchet, believed to be an early issue.
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CEYLON (ANCIENT/MEDIEVAL): Anonymous, ca. 990-1070, AV kahavanu (4.37g), Mitch-825, sri lamka vibhu, holding conch / flower, superb strike with nearly full head on both sides, Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated.
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INDONESIA: Macassar: 'Ala al-Din, 1587-1629, AV mas, ND, average weight about 0.63g, average strike with touch of weakness at the rim, Extremely Fine.
From a hoard found in the 1980s, now believed to have contained about 200 pieces.
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IRAN: Ahmad Shah, 1909-1925, AV 5000 dinars, AH1337, KM-1071, crude About Uncirculated.
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ITALIAN STATES: Sicily: Roger II, 1105-1154, AV tari (1.16g), [Siqilliya], ND, Spahr-42, MEC-153, 1st series, struck 1112-1127, first half of full Muslim kalima / ornate large Tau, one pellet above, surrounded by ruler's name as bi-amr-i rujjar al-thani, "by order of Roger the Second", bold strike, choice Very Fine to Extremely Fine, R.
Without reference to the Muslim messenger Muhammad, as the first half of the kalima was acceptable to Sicilian Christians.
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Sicily: Roger II, 1105-1154, AV tari (1.47g), Siqilliya, ND, Spahr-69, 3rd series, struck 1140-1154, circuler text al-mu'tazz billah / al-malik rujjar, single pellet in center, / IC XC NI KA & cross, rosette style central design, nice Very Fine.
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Sicily: Roger II, 1105-1154, AV tari (1.09g) (Siqilliya), ND, Spahr-55, MEC-176, 2nd series, struck 1130-1140, ruler entitled al-mu'tazz billah / al-malik rujjar / al-mu'tazim / IC XC NI KA surrounding a large cross, some weakness, Fine.
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Sicily: William I, 1154-1166, AV tari (1.00g) (Siqilliya), AH560? Spahr-82, with title al-hadi li-din Allah / IC XC NI KA, date uncertain, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
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Venice: Michele Steno, 1400-1413, AV ducat, ND, Fr-1230, St. Mark standing right, presenting banner to kneeling Doge / Christ standing facing, holding Gospels and raising hand in benediction, within mandorla containing nine stars, lightly clipped, NGC graded About Uncirculated details.
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VISIGOTHS IN SPAIN: Chindasvinto, 642-653, AV tremis (1.17g), Toriviana, a Carl Wilhem Becker copy, Extremely Fine.
This is a copy by Carl Wilhem Becker, who worked in the 1820's and is considered by many to be the most talented forger of classical Greek and Roman coins that ever lived. His forgeries still fool the occasional collector and dealer, and are collected and have considerable value in their own right.
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