Definition

• A Muhammadan gold coin, first issued in the latter part of the seventh century. The name is derived from the Roman Denarius. The weight of the early Dinars was about sixty-six grains, but at later periods the same term was used for gold coins of greater or less weight and size.

  The quality of the metal was almost always fine gold, the chief exceptions being the coins struck in Turkey and Morocco, some of which contain a large amount of alloy.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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