Crusaders coins survive in surprising abundance and have much to tell us about this distant era, which has so many parallels to contemporary events. By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek …. Between 1096 and 1291, the Church of Rome, the aristocracy, and the peoples of Western Europe launched a series of military campaigns against the Muslim […]
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By Joël van Dam – Owner of Joëlnumismatics, for MA-Shops.com …… When is a coin an Islamic coin? Before we can answer this question we should have a little historic background information. In the year 622 AD, Muhammad left the city of Mecca because the Meccan authorities didn’t like his religious teachings (for several reasons). […]
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By CoinWeek News Staff…. In a press release issued Tuesday, February 17, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported that the largest treasure of gold coins ever discovered in Israeli territory had been recovered from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea in the harbor of the ancient city of Caesarea. Winter storms in the area […]
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