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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larryjhs, post: 8281422, member: 137668&quot;]Hello I am new to this part of coin collecting, but I can read Arabic in some sort of way.&nbsp; There is actually the original transcription of&nbsp; the coin below in Lane Poole Catalogue of oriental coins in the British museum vol.3, p. 163.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I&#039;d love to see, if possible, a scan or photo of S&amp;S Type 43 so I can fill in my own notes about this coin.&nbsp; I can&#039;t make out the mint name, but that could be on my coin. It could appear on other examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lane Poole also notes that there are flourishes over a couple of the words in Arabic -- he has a supplement about the various marks at page 293 for such decorations.&nbsp; Maybe S&amp;S has updated all this.</p><p><br /></p><p>[I can&#039;t work out how to upload/ insert images here, otherwise I would]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1138235[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE dirham Artuqids of Mardin, 620 AH = 1223 AD. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan (597-637h/1201-1239 AD). Obv.: Roman-style, bare head right; name and titles of Artuq Arslan around. Rev.: Names of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid overlord al-Kamil Muhammad in five lines; mint and AH date in margins. 26 mm, 13.92 gr. Whelan Type VI; S&amp;S Type 43; Album 1830.7.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the book by Spengler and Sayles you always find theories about the reasons of the figures, quite interesting. In the case of this coin, they think it might go back to a Roman coin of the emperor Tiberius.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure many of you have nice Artuqids, so... post them, please![/QUOTE][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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