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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 2490624, member: 74799&quot;]I try to collect as many interesting Islamic coins as possible.&nbsp; So that includes a wide range of areas and timeframes.&nbsp; Here are a few interesting pieces in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Ilkhan: Uljaytu (1304-1316) AR 2 dirhams, AH710, Amul Mint (Album-2184B) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: In double circle, ﻻ ﺍﻟﻪ ﺍﻻ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺭﺳﻮﻝ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ (<i>There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the apostle of Allah</i>) followed by ﻋﻠﻰ ﻭﻟﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ (<i>Ali is the vicegerent of God</i>), with ﺑﺴﻢ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢ (<i>In the name of God, the Holy</i>) around; in the margin, the Twelve Imams, normally as follows, ﺍﻟﻠﻬﻢ ﺻﻠﻰ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻭﻋﻠﻰ ﻭ ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻦ ﻭﺍﻟﺤﺴﻴﻦ ﻭﻋﻠﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻭ ﺟﻌﻔﺮ ﻭ ﻣﻮﺳﻰ ﻭﻋﻠﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻭﻋﻠﻰ ﻭ ﻟﺤﺴﻦ ﻭ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ </p><p>Rev: Within a quatrelobe, ضرب في أيام دولة السلطان الأعظم مالك رقاب الأمم الجايتو سلطان غياث الدنيا والدين خدا بنده محمد خلد الله ملكه; around, four segments; in upper left segment, لله الامر من قبل ومن بعد (<i>God is before and after</i>); in upper right, in Uighur, ᠦᠯᠵᠡᠢᠲᠦ ᠰᠤᠯᠲᠠᠨ (<i>Uljaytu Sultan</i>); in lower right and lower left segments, the mint and date, ﺿﺮﺏ أمل ﺳﻨﺔ ﻋﺸﺮ ﻭﺳﺒﻌﻤﺎﺋﺔ (<i>Struck in Amul in the year ten and seven hundred</i>) </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Album-2184B.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Hafsids: Anonymous (ca. 1300) AR Dirham, Ifriqiya (Album-514; Hohertz-74) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Arabic legend in Nashki script لا اله الا الله الامر كله لله لا قوة الا بالله (<i>There is no Lord except Allah; The command is all up to Allah; There is no power except through Allah</i>)</p><p>Rev: Arabic legend in Nashki script الله ربنا محمد رسولنا المهدي امامنا (<i>Allah is our Lord; Muhammad is our Messenger; al-Mahdi is our Imam</i>) </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Album-514.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Aq Qoyunlu: Ya&#039;qub (1478-1490 CE) AR Tanka, NM, ND (Album-2522)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b> Obv: Within cartouche, السلطان العادل يعقوب خان (<i>the Just Sultan, Ya’qub Khan</i>); below, خلد الله ملکه (<i>May Allah preserve his kingdom</i>) where mint name is usually found; margin unread</p><p>Rev: Within square, فمن يعمل مثقال ذرة خيرا يره (<i>He who does the weight of one grain of good shall see it</i>); in margin, ابو بكر عمر عثمان علي (<i>the Rashidun - Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Album-2522.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Almohads: Anonymous (ca. 1160-1269) AR Dirham (Hohertz-20; Album-496) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Arabic legend in Nashki script لا اله الا الله الامر كله لله لا قوة الا بالله (<i>There is no Lord except Allah; The command is all up to Allah; There is no power except through Allah</i>)</p><p>Rev: Arabic legend in Nashki script الله ربنا محمد رسولنا المهدي امامنا (<i>Allah is our Lord; Muhammad is our Messenger; al-Mahdi is our Imam</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Album-496.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Lu&#039;lu&#039;ids: Badr al-Din Lu&#039;lu&#039; (1233-1258) AE Dirham, al-Mawsil, AH631 (Album-1874.1) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: In beaded square, diademed head in profile facing left, hair in ringlets, eight-pointed star in bottom left corner; in margins -ﺿﺮﺏ ﺑﺎﻟﻤﻮﺻﻞ ﺳﻨﺔ ﺍﺣﺪ ﻭ ﺛﻠﺜﻴﻦ ﻭﺳﺘﻤﺎﺋﺔ (<i>Struck in al-Mawsil the year one and thirty and six hundred</i>)</p><p>Rev: In Naskh script, in center - ﺍﻻﻣﺎﻡ ﺍﻟﻤﺴﺘﻨﺼﺮ ﺑﺎﻟﻠﺔ ﺍﻣﻴﺮﺍﻟﻤﺆﻣﻨﻴﻦ (<i>The Imam, al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Faithful</i>); in margins -ﺑﺪﺮ ﺍﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎﻭﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ ﻟﻮﻟﻮ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﺍﻟﻜﺎﻣﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚﺍﻻﺷﺮﻑ (<i>Resplendent Moon of the World and the Faith, Lu‘lu‘, the Perfect King, the Honored King</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Album-1874_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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