tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706368.post1739832104975293445..comments2024-01-07T15:07:35.516+00:00Comments on fug's blog: Old School English Islamic Economics?Fugstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18082475255083812008noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7706368.post-47677739700013298992008-10-28T14:29:00.000+00:002008-10-28T14:29:00.000+00:00Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam (writing under the pseudo...Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam (writing under the pseudonym Professor Leon) answered this question quite satisfactorily back in 1916.<BR/><BR/>http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/bmh/BMH-AQ-offa.htm<BR/><BR/>"That the piece was not a coin intended for general circulation, but was struck specially as a mancus and as one of the quota of 365 gold pieces which Offa had vowed to pay annually to the Pope of Rome."<BR/><BR/>Wa s-salam, YahyaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17731068095700471923noreply@blogger.com