Ancients => let's get ready to Mongol!!!

Special is the correct word here. *self edit*

 

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stevex6, it is with great pleasure that i award you the order of cointalk for your accomplishments in coin stuff, self editing, pet dog photography, and low temperature tolerance.




congratulations stevex6!

 

oh wait, and that eagle dirham is awesome!

 

Happy 4th of July, fellas ...

=> here is a shot of me having to pass-on the croquet trophy

Sad, yet happy day for the young dude that works in my office (he's a good kid)

 

Sad. Just plain sad.

 

Very nice coin and one that I have been looking for (yes, I say that for just about every coin that gets posted ). Congrats on this awesome acquisition and for $60 no less...

 

Don't collect such coins myself but came across this article (German) today. It is about a half dirhem silver coin from 642 AH (1244 AD) that shows a warrior with a bow and a bird. On the other side there is a reference to Töregene Khatun and to Tbilisi (today the capital of Georgia) where the coin was minted.


(Ø 14 mm, weight 1.4 g - Hope the embedded link works.)

Apparently a collector in Halle, ST was interested in the piece, got it from a dealer in Frankfurt but then returned it. The coin was "last seen" in a postal distribution center in Leipzig ... and then was stolen or lost. The price was €1,350 but, according to the article, only two other coins like that one are known to exist.

Christian

 

Aww what a bummer!