A hidden code...

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Salghurids. Abish Khatun. AH 662-681 / AD 1263-1282. AR Dirham (22mm, 2.81 g, 6h). Citing Abaqa as overlord. Album 1930. VF, toned. Very rare.

Fun fact: There is an hidden Easter egg on this coin. Try and see if you can spot it..

 

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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Salghurids. Abish Khatun. AH 662-681 / AD 1263-1282. AR Dirham (22mm, 2.81 g, 6h). Citing Abaqa as overlord. Album 1930. VF, toned. Very rare.

Fun fact: There is an hidden Easter egg on this coin. Try and see if you can spot it..

 

I will post the hidden code in a day or 2..

 

Is one side in something like Farsi and the other in... Mongolian?

 

Nope.. that would not be a hidden clue but rather making it a bilingual coin which is not in this case

 

In the middle of the right picture is something that is certainly not Arab as it has the wrong orientation for arab text. I would also guess that turned around it would read something in a different script. But you already said it is not bi-lingual, so not sure.

 

Yes.. you are on the right track. The middle of the second picture did indeed have something unusual.

 

You see it now?

 

I had seen it before... hence my smile. Just did not want to give it away...

 

Although I do not READ teh languages, nor am I a scholar, I have seen a lot of the script... There is a REMOTE look of a character like this:

 

Nope. It is the character 寶。

 

I thought it look like Bao. I was just too late to the party.

Very cool coin!

 

You're right..

 

According to Album..

"According to the contemporary historian Wassaf, the Ilkhan governor assigned to the Salghurids was chastised for having engraved a Chinese inscription on the coins of Shiraz, removed from his position and sent back to China".

 

Chinese character, right? My character is the symbol of China... However, I do NOT read Chinese... So I would not know Boa.

 

Yup.. Bao.. it means treasure and has been on almost if not all Chinese Cast Coins issued since the Tang

 

Ah, I have always loved Tang Horses...