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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 4526882, member: 81887"]Excellent post [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER]! I have two jitals from Kurzuwan to share. The first is of Ala ad-Din Muhammad II (1200-1220) and has no date:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121401[/ATTACH]</p><p>Note the line between the elephant's legs. I had assumed it was a die crack (hardly surprising given the holed and cracked flan), but [USER=57364]@THCoins[/USER] thinks it is supposed to show chains binding the elephant's legs, probably some sort of political statement whose exact meaning is unfortunately lost to us.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have one of the siege coins from the siege of Kurzuwan in 1221, the same type as yours except mine is dated to Rabi' II 618 AH (May-June 1221 AD):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121404[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 4526882, member: 81887"]Excellent post [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER]! I have two jitals from Kurzuwan to share. The first is of Ala ad-Din Muhammad II (1200-1220) and has no date: [ATTACH=full]1121401[/ATTACH] Note the line between the elephant's legs. I had assumed it was a die crack (hardly surprising given the holed and cracked flan), but [USER=57364]@THCoins[/USER] thinks it is supposed to show chains binding the elephant's legs, probably some sort of political statement whose exact meaning is unfortunately lost to us. I also have one of the siege coins from the siege of Kurzuwan in 1221, the same type as yours except mine is dated to Rabi' II 618 AH (May-June 1221 AD): [ATTACH=full]1121404[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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