(Jan 5, 2016)
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| Mint | The coin clearly shows mint location being Al-Wasit Iraq | | Size and weight | This is a silver dirham, weighs ~2.8 grams and is ~26 mm in diameter | The dinar weighed 4.25 grams, or one mithqal, of the highest purity gold possible
The dirham weighed about 2.85 of the purest possible silver composition, which would maintain a solid coin
At the time the center of power and the main gold coin mint was located in Dimishq (current day Damascus in Syria), while silver coins were minted throughout the Muslim empire
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