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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 24738001, member: 99456&quot;]Those who enjoyed this thread may find this coin about a coin interesting. The coin on the left is a 20 Turkish Lira coin of the Republic of Turkey (note Turkey <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/03/turkey-changes-name-to-turkiye-as-other-name-is-for-the-birds" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/03/turkey-changes-name-to-turkiye-as-other-name-is-for-the-birds" rel="nofollow">officially changed it&#039;s name</a> to <i>Türkiye </i>in 2022) featuring the coin on the right:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582488[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Artuqids of Mardin.,Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan</b>, AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239</p><p>Æ Dirham Dated AH 628 (AD 1230/1)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Turkish male figure, crosslegged, seated facing on low, quadrate platform, resting hand on thigh and holding globus; stars flanking head; Artuqid tamgha below; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan to outer right and left</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in five lines; AH date to outer right and left[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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