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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3361323, member: 74834&quot;]This is a bronze dirhem of large size (a bit larger than a silver dollar), issued by the Qarakhanid dynasty shortly before the onslaught of the Mongols. I really like the cartouche on the obverse, with the word &#039;Allah&#039; calligraphed to such extremes as to make it almost unreadable. It was minted in Margilan, Fergana Valley, just 100 miles west of China.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]890952[/ATTACH] </p><p>Qarakhanid broad AE husami dirham, Marghinan (Margilan). 602 AH. Husam ad-Dunia wa-d-Din Ulug Toghan khaqan. Obv. Central word <i>Allah</i> in a four-lobed cartouche/ quatrefoil. 39.5 mm, 8.38 gr. Kochnev 1137. Album-3424. Zeno 46837.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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