Thanks @Alegandron .. Yours is a choice specimen as well... The legends are pretty much fully there which is scarce to find given many are...
Thanks.. you are right.. they were attributed to be issued in Ghazna.
No..portraits were a Western concept. Even a Chinese one attributed to him bears only the empire name.
More common ones include those under his title as Khan or attributed to him by association or chronology.
Thanks. Coins minted in his name are rare. To date only 3 types were known namely this, some good diners and a newly identified AE dirham. All...
The Great Khan. Genghis Khan. Silver dirham. In the name of Genghis Khan himself. 1206 - 1227 AD. Ghazna mint. Dark toned. Ex Jim Farr collection....
We could but the design and style bears closer resemblance to existing Islamic styled dirhams than the other way round.
It make sense.. same as the Byzantine bezants that used corrupted Arabic to make it acceptable to trade. Arabic was also used for Christian...
Thanks.. I'm trying to focus on unusual coins as a theme
Oh dear.. so sorry to hear that. was it recoverable in the end?
Thanks.. it is quiet interesting to see something so Christian on a Islamic coin. The cross cultural and religious undertones of this coin is...
A very intriguing and very rare coin of the Crusades. Silver dirham. Acre (Akka) mint. AD1251. Unlike other Islamic coins, this coin is...
The second one is just deeper coloured from some pic edit I did on toning and color. But the tone is the same live.. Thanks for the feedback
There are more goodies and rarer stuff I can get for that $$$
Error was just how Krause put it. It shouldn't have been released but did so anyway. They are quiet scarce but no way am I paying $1000 for a...
Numista. Also I missed out on the unofficial, errors or accidental releases as Krause puts it
I am unaware of the existence on a 1992 CCCP double. Please provide evidence or reliable reference. I know about the Moscow mint mark but I am not...
Yeah... was a bit tempted to get the first post Soviet Russian set.. but decided just the Soviet set will do..
Thanks.. Will take note for future.. :)
Agree.. you have a point
Separate names with a comma.
