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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 25500957, member: 92212&quot;]Indeed!!!&nbsp; :-o</p><p><br /></p><p>I have 2 coin types from within the Ilkhanid section of Stephen Album&#039;s <u>Checklist of Islamic Coins</u>.&nbsp; Both are attributed to the ruler Arghun, AH 683-690 / AD 1284-1291.&nbsp; The 1st example is comparatively pedestrian for such coinage, but the 2nd below is scarce -- and more interesting. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1632540[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Album 2146</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1632541[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And my favorite... with a Christian legend and symbol...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1632542[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1632544[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Album 2151.2</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1632545[/ATTACH]</p><p>In addition to the clear Christian Cross, the inscription includes the Christian phrase: “…name of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit” and adds “one God”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Per Album, the use of &quot;...Christian legends does not imply conversions by the ruler, but rather reflects the preferences of the local population in the city where the coins were minted.&quot; (Both types above fall in the first of three divisions of Ilkhanid coinage, which is termed the &quot;period of local coinages&quot;.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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