The Southern Liu Song Dynasty during the Northern Southern Dynasties period preceding the Sui. Whilst the Han did have a 4 Zhu equivalent, it was...
Pre-Islamic Central Asia. Turgesh. Semirec'he. Trilingual cast coin. Washutawa (Vahsutavha). Circa 8th century. Sogdian Turgesh. Semirec'he....
That would have been magnificent to have such a horse
A possible reason is due to political play by the Yuan court of Kublai Khan
As per Stephen Album... "According to the contemporary historian Wassaf, the Ilkhan governor assigned to the Salghurids was chastised for having...
The point is.. the coin should never have been Chinese to begin with... :happy:
Haha.. not a horse by any means.. a Tang terracotta tomb guardian.. possibly central asia
And since we are at the subject of Tang Horses...[ATTACH]
Haha.. I was just chatting with @Ancientnoob just a minute ago and he said the same thing..
Yup.. Bao.. it means treasure and has been on almost if not all Chinese Cast Coins issued since the Tang
According to Album.. "According to the contemporary historian Wassaf, the Ilkhan governor assigned to the Salghurids was chastised for having...
You're right.. :)
Nope. It is the character 寶。
You see it now?
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Yes.. you are on the right track. The middle of the second picture did indeed have something unusual.
Nope.. that would not be a hidden clue but rather making it a bilingual coin which is not in this case
I will post the hidden code in a day or 2..
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...
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