After the early Muslim conquests brought the nascent caliphate into contact with the numismatic traditions of the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire, whose lands they took over, the Islamic world developed its own, distinctive tradition of coinage. Islamic currency consisted of gold (dinars), silver (dirhams), and copper or bronze (fals) coins, as well as their fractions and multiples.
After the early Muslim conquests brought the nascent caliphate into contact with the numismatic traditions of the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire, whose lands they took over, the Islamic world developed its own, distinctive tradition of coinage. Islamic currency consisted of gold (dinars), silver (dirhams), and copper or bronze (fals) coins, as well as their fractions and multiples.
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