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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nvb, post: 7926496, member: 99531&quot;]This thread is a great excuse to show off some of your less common coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>A couple more I’m not sure I’ve seen here on CT</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369780[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369781[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ISLAMIC</b></p><p><b>Anatolia &amp; al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa &amp; Amid</b>) . Nur al-Din Muhammad. AH 570-581 / AD 1174-1185.</p><p>Æ Dirhem</p><p>28mm</p><p>11.72</p><p>Unlisted (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 571 (AD 1175/6).</p><p>Angel with right wing raised standing facing, holding serpent; AH date to right and left / Name, title, and genealogy of Nur al-Din Muhammad in five lines; name of Abbasid caliph in left and right outer margins.</p><p>Whelan Type I, 135-6; S&amp;S Type 9; Album 1821.1.</p><p>VF, brown patina.</p><p>Acquired from the collection of Edgar L Owen</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-10-14_19-22-57-jpeg.1189313/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>India, Kushan Empire. <i>Kanishka I. </i></b>Circa AD 127-151. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.22 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Middle phase. Kanishka standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard / Siva standing left, holding thunderbolt, diadem, trident, and flask; tamgha to left. MK 781; ANS Kushan 553-60; Donum Burns 164. Dark brown and dark green patina, worn at high points, traces of earthen encrustation on edge, minor cleaning marks and smoothing.</p><p>VF. <i>From the BLS Collection.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/52/Y/6/yFy27dGtkEa98RtHqX4qS6ek6T3rR5.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/52/Y/6/yFy27dGtkEa98RtHqX4qS6ek6T3rR5.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/52/Y/6/yFy27dGtkEa98RtHqX4qS6ek6T3rR5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><b>Troas, Alexandreia, 164 - 135 BC</b></i></p><p><i>AE20, </i></p><p><i>5.24 grams</i></p><p><i>Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo facing.</i></p><p><i>Reverse: Lyre and grain ear within laurel wreath, monogram below.</i></p><p><i>Bellinger A141 // SNGCop93 // BMC Troas p12,29 // SNGvonAulock1461</i></p><p><i>Ex Tom Cederlind, acquired from Ken Dorney</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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