The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 44, October 16, 2005, Article 13

FATAMID GOLD COINS DISCOVERED

Arthur Shippee also forwarded a link to an article by the
Kuwait News Agency on a discovery of Fatimid-era coins
from Egypt:

"A Polish archaeological team has discovered 13 gold coins
'made more than 1,000 years ago while excavating around
a Coptic monastery outside Cairo, Egyptian antiquities
officials announced yesterday.

The coins were found at the Monastery of Archangel Gabriel
in Fayoum, about 100km southwest of Cairo, and date back
to the era of the Fatimids, who ruled Cairo between 908 and
1187 A.D, according to a statement released by the Supreme
Council of Antiquities.

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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