The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 9, February 27, 2005, Article 15

MOROCCAN COIN FIND

Arthur Shippee also sent an article from the Morocco Times
about another new coin hoard:

"Local authorities in the northern Moroccan town of Asilah
are investigating the mysterious discovery, a month ago, of
468 coins near a small village called Sidi-Yamani. They are
almost ten centuries old.

The 468 coins, which were handed over to the Al-Kasbah
Museum in Tangier, have a great archaeological and historical
value, said experts. According to the date struck on the coins
in Hindu numbers (480 A.H.), the old coins date back to the
Almoravid dynasty.

Made of a yellowish metal alloy, probably of copper or
bronze, the coins are in an excellent state of conservation.
With a circumference of 2.1 cm and an average weight of
10.10 gr., the two sides of the coins are struck by the religious
invocation “there is no God but Allah” (on the face) and
“Mohammed is the Prophet of Allah” (on the back). "

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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