ancientcoins·Ancient CoinsbyPugJesus Gold Umayyad coin, probably minted in Damascus, 691 AD-692 ADcross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27396673 https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-gold-solidus-av1085/ View original on lemmy.world23Comments2
EvilCartyen feddit.dk1Hide 1 replyDirect 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.3
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.
Oh, that’s right. Had to look it up. See the second picture.