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| Keywords: Offa king of Mercia 757 793 gold dinar copy of dinar of the Abassid Caliphate 774.jpg en Offa_king_of_Mercia_757_793_gold_dinar_copy_of_dinar_of_the_Abassid_Caliphate_774 Mercian gold dinar imitating a gold dinar of Abbasid caliph al-Mansur copying the Arabic inscription The script was copied without understanding it possibly without even realizing it represents writing but it is good enough to reconstruct the reading of the coin it was copied from; this was apparently struck in AH 156 AD 773/4 which date thus serves as a terminus post quem for the Anglo-Saxon copy The inscription OFFA REX was inserted upside down into the three central lines reading Muhammadu / rasulu / llahi literature C E Blunt 'The coinage of Offa' in Anglo-Saxon coins London Methuen 1961 L Webster and J Backhouse The making of England Anglo-S exh cat London The British Museum Press 1991 see also http //www britishmuseum org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/g/gold_imitation_dinar_of_offa aspx britishmuseum org PHGCOM Own work by uploader photographed at the British Museum Museum British Museum credit line 2009 International money montage jpg Anglo-Saxon coins Offa of Mercia Department of Coins and Medals British Museum Dinars Arabic text on non-Arabic coins | ||||
