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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 24738305, member: 110226&quot;]That&#039;s a very nice coin!&nbsp; I don&#039;t own an example and it is on my want list.&nbsp; I thought I saw one in a group lot a month or two ago, but that lot hammered at a price beyond what I could afford at the time, so the hunt continues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I last posted on this thread I did acquire a good example of the &quot;centaur firing an arrow at a dragon&#039;s head&quot; dirham.&nbsp; This coin came out of Roma&#039;s E-Sale 81, lot 1693.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Artuqids of Mardin, Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, AE dirham, AH 599 (1201-02).</b></p><p><b>SS38.1; Album1830.</b></p><p><b>18.17 grams</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was actually an after sale purchase, at £37.20.&nbsp; I guess the peripheral corrosion turned off potential bidders, but the central detail is very nice, particularly on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582522[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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