I do not now much of this category, but this is how i would read the legends of the last two: On the left side is the familiar Kalima: la ilaha...
There are quite some different subtypes of these. Compare for example with this one: https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=189949
Hello Stan, I can imagine that you were not able to find references to your coin, for unfortunately it is a modern fake. It pretends to be a...
Style and some basic knowledge of the script allows for a bit more specific attribution fortunately. The right and middle of the lower row are...
I am starting to feel a bit like shouting in the desert in this thread. So this will be my last contribution. I am afraid that the confidence that...
@GinoLR : Why do you quote me selectively and leave out the part of the sentence before that ? For that is crucial and has nothing to do with rape...
@GinoLR , i think our views against looting and cultural destruction do not differ very much. Our main difference seems to be that you think that...
"Afghanistan needs to protect its historical heritage." Most people here will agree with you. However, Islamists (not limited to the Taliban, and...
Interesting to read that the largest part of my coin collection has been declared illegal for import in the US. I wonder if the "US State...
The building on the token is the shrine of imam Reza in Iran.
The first one indeed is from the Delhi Sultanate. Issued under the rule of Sikandar Shah of the Lodi dynasty (G&G D706).
There are two similar types with this menacing text from Samarkand. This one has a Turkic text in the center. The other one was issued during the...
Although iron/cobalt content in the alloy is probably low, i can tell from experience that quite a lot of northern-India region "bronze" coins...
For the consistency of the design over centuries i think public acceptance and trust is a major factor. People had a clear concept of what a coin...
Interesting ongoing research ! This sentence makes me wonder. You already put the word "official" between parentheses. And i think that would be...
@Al Kowsky : your specimen pretends to be a Jahangir Leo Zodiac rupee. It is a later jewellers copy however. But also these are collectible.
Not only the Begteginids minted Lion rider coins. Here is a contemporary specimen minted under Ghorid Ruler Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad bin Sam from...
If you look at the margin text of your first specimen combined from the two sides, its reading seems to be "Nürnberger ... Rechenpfennig", so...
The second one looks like Naples, in name of Duke Henry de Lorraine.
From the script, it looks Burmese (Myanmar).
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