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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 2524968, member: 39"]Don't collect such coins myself but came across <a href="http://www.mz-web.de/leipzig/fahndung-nach-muenze-wertvolle-fracht-geht-auf-weg-von-halle-nach-frankfurt-verloren-24774342" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mz-web.de/leipzig/fahndung-nach-muenze-wertvolle-fracht-geht-auf-weg-von-halle-nach-frankfurt-verloren-24774342" rel="nofollow">this article</a> (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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Töregene_Khatun" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Töregene_Khatun" rel="nofollow">Töregene Khatun</a> and to Tbilisi (today the capital of Georgia) where the coin was minted.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mz-web.de/image/24774374/2x1/940/470/dd7dbf8c081ed12c791850353356a77a/tr/b-gesuchte-silbermuenze.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Ø 14 mm, weight 1.4 g - Hope the embedded link works.)</p><p><br /></p><p>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. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 2524968, member: 39"]Don't collect such coins myself but came across [url=http://www.mz-web.de/leipzig/fahndung-nach-muenze-wertvolle-fracht-geht-auf-weg-von-halle-nach-frankfurt-verloren-24774342]this article[/url] (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 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Töregene_Khatun]Töregene Khatun[/url] and to Tbilisi (today the capital of Georgia) where the coin was minted. [img]http://www.mz-web.de/image/24774374/2x1/940/470/dd7dbf8c081ed12c791850353356a77a/tr/b-gesuchte-silbermuenze.jpg[/img] (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[/QUOTE]
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