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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7972657, member: 110226"]Yes, depictions of Jesus and Mary appeared on Byzantine bronze and gold coinage, while the Islamic coins, in keeping the Muslim iconoclasm which prohibited of any images, secular or non-secular, lacked images in favor of calligraphic legends. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is one notable exception, though. During the 11th and 12th centuries, the Turkoman figural bronze coinage displayed all sorts of images, both human, animal, zodiacal, and mythological, along with Turkmen Arabic inscriptions. This subspecialty of Islamic coinage is a world of its own and fascinating to study and collect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7972657, member: 110226"]Yes, depictions of Jesus and Mary appeared on Byzantine bronze and gold coinage, while the Islamic coins, in keeping the Muslim iconoclasm which prohibited of any images, secular or non-secular, lacked images in favor of calligraphic legends. There is one notable exception, though. During the 11th and 12th centuries, the Turkoman figural bronze coinage displayed all sorts of images, both human, animal, zodiacal, and mythological, along with Turkmen Arabic inscriptions. This subspecialty of Islamic coinage is a world of its own and fascinating to study and collect.[/QUOTE]
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