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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 8211435, member: 41219&quot;]Today, a coin came in the mail that I admittedly know very little about. I tossed a low bid on it because it was interesting and I wanted to see where it went. I didn&#039;t expect to win.</p><p><br /></p><p>$14 later, I now own a dirham of Qutb al-Din Muhammad who was the Emir of Zinjar from 1197-1219. The Zangid dynasty ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia on behalf of the Seljuks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know almost nothing about this region but I do know a bit about some other empires around the world who were in power at that time. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted to share my new coin along with 2 other coins that were contemporaries of Qutb al-Din Muhammad.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440709[/ATTACH] </p><p>Qutb al-Din Muhammad</p><p>Zangid Atabegs of Sinjar</p><p>1197-1219 AD</p><p>Dirham</p><p>Obverse: Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed Roman-style bust left, holding spear or sceptre over shoulder and shield; mint name and date around </p><p>Reverse: Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi in five lines across field; name continued to right and left; Zengid tamgha in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440710[/ATTACH] </p><p>Alexius III angelus-Comnenus</p><p>AE Trachy</p><p>1195-1203 AD</p><p>Obverse: KE ROHQEI around, IC-XC to left and right of nimbate bust of Christ facing, right hand raised, holding scroll in left </p><p>ReverseL ALEZIW DECP O KWNTANTI, Alexius, crowned, and St Constantine, nimbate, each wearing divitision and loros, both standing facing, each holding a labarum and the two holding a cross on globe (sometimes a patriarchal cross on globe) between them</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440721[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="4">Queen Lilavati</font></p><p><font size="4">1 Massa</font></p><p><font size="4">1197-1210 AD</font></p><p><font size="4">Obverse: King, standing upon a lotus stalk, holding a lamp in his left hand and a flower in his right, a large lotus flower in field to right, all heavily stylized</font></p><p><font size="4">Reverse: Seated king facing right, left arm raised upward, holding a shell, all heavily stylized. Nagari legend (<i>‘Sri Ra ja Li la va ti’</i>) to right</font></p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has coins from anywhere around the world around this time, please share them![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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