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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2857851, member: 76181&quot;]I have owned a 6&quot; Newt and believe me when I say you want an 8 for your next scope.&nbsp; Plus the prices for 8&#039;s are probably the best $ per inch. If I lived in dark skies, I would be in trouble, because I would own a 24&quot; dob and a step ladder. </p><p><br /></p><p>Astronomy related coin...since I try to follow the rules</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/islamic-seljuks-rum.7092/full?d=1504721302" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="6"><b>ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Rum</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II bin Kay Qubadh. AH 634-644 / AD 1237-1246. AR Dirham (23mm, 2.94 g, 5h). Sivas mint. Dated 638 (AD 1240/1). Broome 274Dv(ii)c; cf. Izmirlier 457 (for type) Album 1218; ICV 1340 </p><p><br /></p><p>Between 638 and 641 A.H. (ca. 1240 to 1243) a series of remarkable silver dirhams were struck in Kaykhusraws name at Sivas and Konya depicting a lion and sun. While coins with images are not unknown in Islamic lands, particularly in the centuries following the Crusades, some Islamic traditions forbid representations of living things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several explanations of the lion and sun have been offered. One suggests that the images represent the constellation Leo, the astrological sign of Kaykhusraw&#039;s beloved Georgian wife Tamar. Another says that the lion represents Kaykhusraw and the sun Tamar.&nbsp; &nbsp; CNG 405 lot 663 9/6/17[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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