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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 4596609, member: 81887"]I heartily second the recommendation of the books by Wayne G. Sayles and William F. Spengler, "Turkoman Figural Bronze Coins and their Iconography" (Volume 1 covers the Artuqids, Volume 2 covers the Zengids). It's full of detailed transcriptions and translations of all legends, historical information, and art history analysis of the types, including tracing back where many of the images copied older coins. Some from my collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1138395[/ATTACH]</p><p>Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan (1201-1239 AD). Spengler/Sayles 43.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1138397[/ATTACH]</p><p>Zengid Atabegs of Aleppo. Our al-Din Mahmud b. Zengi (1146-1174 AD). Spengler/Sayles 73.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1138400[/ATTACH]</p><p>Zengid Atabegs of Aleppo. Al-Salih Isma'il (1174-1181 AD). Spengler/Sayles 76.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 4596609, member: 81887"]I heartily second the recommendation of the books by Wayne G. Sayles and William F. Spengler, "Turkoman Figural Bronze Coins and their Iconography" (Volume 1 covers the Artuqids, Volume 2 covers the Zengids). It's full of detailed transcriptions and translations of all legends, historical information, and art history analysis of the types, including tracing back where many of the images copied older coins. Some from my collection: [ATTACH=full]1138395[/ATTACH] Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan (1201-1239 AD). Spengler/Sayles 43. [ATTACH=full]1138397[/ATTACH] Zengid Atabegs of Aleppo. Our al-Din Mahmud b. Zengi (1146-1174 AD). Spengler/Sayles 73. [ATTACH=full]1138400[/ATTACH] Zengid Atabegs of Aleppo. Al-Salih Isma'il (1174-1181 AD). Spengler/Sayles 76.[/QUOTE]
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