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  1. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Struck circa 739 AD under King Tulgen (739-42) 23mm 1.39g Cordoba Mint

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  3. Ajax

    Ajax Well-Known Member

    Nice coin m8
     
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  4. Aidan_()

    Aidan_() Numismatic Contributor

    Stunning piece Panzerman! Love it. ;)
     
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  5. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Very cool coin!
     
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  6. Ancientnoob

    Ancientnoob Money Changer

    So on the list!!!
     
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  7. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    First, let me say that is a very nice coin. Now indulge me a bit. I see Bozo the clown, with a bow tie, on the reverse.
     
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  8. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    LOL
     
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  9. The Big Bad Wolf

    The Big Bad Wolf Well-Known Member

    This was struck during the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, right?
     
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  10. noname

    noname Well-Known Member

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  11. ValiantKnight

    ValiantKnight Well-Known Member

    Dates are wrong for this ruler. King Tulga actually ruled between 640-642 AD (around seven decades before the fall of Hispania to the Muslims).
     
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  12. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    I never noted that, you are right...it really does look like a clown!
     
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  13. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    That's such a cool coin!!! Love the 'barbarian' types and the historical content!!

    King Tulgen was the original BOZO???
     
  14. FitzNigel

    FitzNigel Medievalist

    Bozo on the reverse, and his six-breasted companion companion on the obverse...

    Gorgeous coin panzer!
     
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  15. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    It's actually Bozo, you're perfectly right Bing

    Q
     
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  16. ancientcoinguru

    ancientcoinguru Well-Known Member

  17. mgmgmg75

    mgmgmg75 Active Member

    No silly, that's not a bow tie, it's a Knights Templar cross!!
     
  18. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Really? It sure looks like a clown's bow tie to me :wacky:.

    Welcome mg75
     
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  19. mgmgmg75

    mgmgmg75 Active Member

    Thanks Bing. Been around for a while, just don't post much.
    As for the bow tie, the downward protrusion attributes it to a cross. I am an expert at this, as I have seen Indiana Jones movies MANY times!:happy:
     
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  20. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Then I bow to your expertise on the subject.
     
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  21. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    that's another golden winner PM!

    i don't think it's bozo, i think it's the guy on the left...

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    you're both wrong, its a necklace! :wacky:
     
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