A coin of Saladin

Artuqids of Mardin: Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan Æ dirhem, 580-597 AH (1184-1201 AD), 11.71gm, struck 589 AH (year of Saladin’s death), 29.9mm. Obv: Three figures in various poses surrounding a central seated figure in a posture of mourning. Rev: Five line Kufic legend giving names and titles of the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir, surrounded by a circular legend giving the names and titles of Yuluq Arslan and the date. S&S 35.2; Album 1829.3.
The figures on the obverse may represent actual citizens in mourning for Saladin. Alternatively, they may be symbolic representations of astronomical/astrological entities which were said to have predicted the death of Saladin, and thenmourned him – so exceptionally great was the tragedy of his passing that the stars and planets lamented.

 

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I'm not trying to cause trouble, but here is a Penny of Richard the Lionhearted:

 

LOL

 

Nice coin. I am still looking for one of him.

 

Nice!

 

he was a great man among men and all people. ha! i thought a had a coin to go with that, but Mehmed ll is kin to "Suleiman"..

 

that's a lovely new dinar orfew!

 

Thank you Chris.

 

Suleiman? Here is another Historical Figure Coin...


Ottoman Empire
Suleiman the Magnificent 1520-1566 CE
AV Sultani
Constantinople mint 1520
19mm 3.5g

 

LOL @Alegandron

You read my mind. A Sultani of Sulayman is next on my list! In fact I have a couple of them on my mind. I just have to decide which one I want.

Yours is a great example.

 

So after following this thread, I snagged a budget version of the Saladin-related coin that Ragnarok posted. It's not a beauty, but it's got a cool story and was $10 shipped off ebay (seller's pic).

I would've had absolutely no interest in this coin had it not been for this thread, but now I've got something to show students when I talk about Saladin in Dante's Inferno.

This is a nice example of how this board can educate members like me and create interest (and markets) where there previously were none.

 

LOL we need to trade notes on target Historical Figures!

 

Great story Gavin, I hope your students appreciate your efforts.

 

I bought a Sultani of Sulayman. I will post it later.

Here is my list of what I have and what I am looking for.

Have

Roman

Pompey the Great

Brutus

Cato the Younger

Julius Caesar

Marc Antony

Augustus

Tiberius

Claudius

Caligula (Gaius)

Nero

Hadrian

Vespasian

Trajan

Constantine the great


Byzantine

Justinianus

Theophilos


Greek

Alexander the Great



British

Elizabeth I

Henry V



French

Charles VII

Napoleon I

Louis IX

Jeanne D’arc


Russian

Ivan the Terrible

Feodor I

Michael I

Peter the Great

Catherine II


Holy Roman Empire

Maria Theresa


Islamic

Saladin

Sulayman the Magnificent




Want


Roman

Sulla

Cassius

Nerva

Antoninus Pius

Marcus Aurelius

Commodus


Austria

Franz Joseph

Egyptian

Cleopatra VII


British


Henry VIII

King Cnut

Aethelraed II



French

Eleanor of Acquitaine

Greek

Hannibal

Pyrrhus

Homer

******I am also looking for these


Near East:

- Darius/Xerxes daric or siglos

- Parthia, Mithradates II

- Sassanian, Ardashir I and Shapur I


Biblical:

- Antiochus IV

- Herod the Great

- Pontius Pilate

- Herod Antipas

- Herod Agrippa

- Porcius Festus


Indian:

- Ashoka the Great

- Azes

- Nahapana

- Satakarni

- Chandragupta

- Raja Raja Chola

***************Please post your list

 

Oh, man! Have many of them, want many of them! We are tracking the same. Sometime, when I have a little time, we can trade some notes, share pics, etc. Great list, we think similarly!

 

No William the Conqueror in the English list? I'm rather surprised...

 

@Orfew most of your list makes a lot of sense. I'm curious why Nerva makes the cut. When I think of great emperors, Nerva doesn't necessarily come to mind. What is it about him that interests you?

 

And Alfred the Great!

 

Oh, he is on my list, but I do not bother to list him because he is hard to find. If I come across one for a decent price I will buy it.

Alfred falls into the same category.

 

Good question Gavin. Nerva makes my list because he marks the transition between tumultuous though very important first century AD, and the period of relative stability under the 5 good emperors in the next century.