dirham
coin
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use in Islamic societies
- In coin: Islamic coins of the West and of western Asia and Central Asia
…of the silver coin (dirham, from the name of the Sāsānian coin, which in its turn was derived from Greek drachma) was reduced to 2.92 grams, but it retained in its thin material and style some features of its Sāsānian predecessor; the name of the copper change, fals, comes…
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