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<p>[QUOTE="Nvb, post: 8067614, member: 99531"]Here are a couple of the better Islamic bronzes from my collection. Possibly my 2 favourites - I only have these obverse shots on my phone in decent quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not seen yet in this thread:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398728[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ruler: Nur al-Din Muhammad.</p><p>Obv: Angel facing with right wing raised - holding serpent.</p><p>Rev: Name and titles of Nur al-Din in 5 lines.</p><p>Mint: Hisn Kayfa or Amid.</p><p>Very Scarce in this condition. Ref: S&S type 9.</p><p>28mm, 11.72gm.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the only coins I’ve done some cleaning work on - turned out well IMO</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398727[/ATTACH]</p><p>ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin) . Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirhem.</p><p>Mardin mint. Dated AH 599 (AD 1202/3). Centaur advancing right, head facing, drawing bow at head of dragon emerging from his tail; mint name and AH date around / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid overlord in four lines; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in margins. Whelan Type II, pp. 111-2; S&S Type 38.2; Album 1830.2.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nvb, post: 8067614, member: 99531"]Here are a couple of the better Islamic bronzes from my collection. Possibly my 2 favourites - I only have these obverse shots on my phone in decent quality. Not seen yet in this thread: [ATTACH=full]1398728[/ATTACH] Ruler: Nur al-Din Muhammad. Obv: Angel facing with right wing raised - holding serpent. Rev: Name and titles of Nur al-Din in 5 lines. Mint: Hisn Kayfa or Amid. Very Scarce in this condition. Ref: S&S type 9. 28mm, 11.72gm. One of the only coins I’ve done some cleaning work on - turned out well IMO [ATTACH=full]1398727[/ATTACH] ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin) . Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan. AH 597-637 / AD 1200-1239. Æ Dirhem. Mardin mint. Dated AH 599 (AD 1202/3). Centaur advancing right, head facing, drawing bow at head of dragon emerging from his tail; mint name and AH date around / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid overlord in four lines; name of Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan in margins. Whelan Type II, pp. 111-2; S&S Type 38.2; Album 1830.2.[/QUOTE]
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