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<p>[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 7624299, member: 74712"]Gorgeous example [USER=110504]@+VGO.DVCKS[/USER]! I was lucky to snag one of his predecessors from our friend too:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1311961[/ATTACH] East Africa - Kilwa Sultanate</p><p>Sulaymān b. al-Ḥasan, r. 1302-1316</p><p>Kisiwani mint, AE Fals, 20.17 mm x 1.67 grams</p><p>Obv.: (Sulaymān son of / al-Ḥasan / (May he be happy!)). Inscription in three lines, star in center</p><p>Rev.: (trusts in the Master / of Bounties / (He is glorious!)). Inscription in three lines, star in center</p><p>Ref.: SICA 10, #604, Walker IV (pg. 65)</p><p><br /></p><p>apologies for the poor phone photo. I’ll be breaking out my camera for my big backlog in a week or so. As for the coin, this was certainly one I have wanted for a while, as the star on both sides is a distinctive design only found at Kilwa[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 7624299, member: 74712"]Gorgeous example [USER=110504]@+VGO.DVCKS[/USER]! I was lucky to snag one of his predecessors from our friend too: [ATTACH=full]1311961[/ATTACH] East Africa - Kilwa Sultanate Sulaymān b. al-Ḥasan, r. 1302-1316 Kisiwani mint, AE Fals, 20.17 mm x 1.67 grams Obv.: (Sulaymān son of / al-Ḥasan / (May he be happy!)). Inscription in three lines, star in center Rev.: (trusts in the Master / of Bounties / (He is glorious!)). Inscription in three lines, star in center Ref.: SICA 10, #604, Walker IV (pg. 65) apologies for the poor phone photo. I’ll be breaking out my camera for my big backlog in a week or so. As for the coin, this was certainly one I have wanted for a while, as the star on both sides is a distinctive design only found at Kilwa[/QUOTE]
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