Who Issued the First Islamic Coins?
Mar 30, 2020
1 minute
RICHARD GIEDROYC
Who issued the first Islamic coins?
In 640 CE, the Caliph Umar issued short, thick kernel-shaped coins weighing 3.36 grams that mimic the coins of Persia. This is 18 years after the
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