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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3201001, member: 74834&quot;]I&#039;m thinking of sceattas with those great dragons, but I can&#039;t show them. Islamic coins with animals or people are rugged or primitive, but some of the calligraphic coins are unsurpassed. </p><p><br /></p><p>This Samanid gold dinar of Nishapur AD 938 (327 AD) is a wonder of medieval perfection. It has even been signed by the celator: his name, Abu Harith, can be seen, very small, on the obverse, 9 o’clock margin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]828492[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This Rassid dirham, issued in Dhofar (Oman), AD 1245 (543 AH), is full of repetitive pious formulas. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]828495[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And this is one of my most recent coins, a double dirham of the Ilkhanids (Mongolian descendants), issued in Tabriz, 1326 AD (= 726 AH). </p><p><br /></p><p>Only some early Renaissance coins and those of Frederick II (Sicily) may approach this accomplishment, I think. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]828496[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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