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<p>[QUOTE="Loong Siew, post: 3359402, member: 75799"]<b>ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN</b>: Il-Ghazi II, 1176-1184, AE dirham (13.88g), NM, AH57x. Large & small draped busts facing, VF-EF. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]890173[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom three lines of the reverse text are "hadha al-dirham mal'un man yu'ayyaruhu, "<b>cursed is he who abuses this dirham."</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The Artuqids were a Turkic Dynasty that ruled Eastern Anatolia, Northern Syria and Northern Iraq during the 11th and 12th century. </p><p><br /></p><p> A very interesting coin as being the first in my experience which explicitly carried a curse for people who abuses the coin. Whilst a warning of death for counterfeiting is known to exist, this coin appeals to the spiritual/religious sentiments of the people instead in the form of a curse. Abuse in this case is expected to be damage, counterfeiting or like activities which may devalue the coin. The image of this coin and also other coins of the region snd period is also interesting as Islamic decree prohibits the display of figures of semblance of idolatry since the reforms of al-Malik centuries ago. </p><p><br /></p><p>So far I better be treating this coin with respect lest the curse falls on me otherwise[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Loong Siew, post: 3359402, member: 75799"][B]ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN[/B]: Il-Ghazi II, 1176-1184, AE dirham (13.88g), NM, AH57x. Large & small draped busts facing, VF-EF. [ATTACH=full]890173[/ATTACH] The bottom three lines of the reverse text are "hadha al-dirham mal'un man yu'ayyaruhu, "[B]cursed is he who abuses this dirham."[/B] [B][/B] The Artuqids were a Turkic Dynasty that ruled Eastern Anatolia, Northern Syria and Northern Iraq during the 11th and 12th century. A very interesting coin as being the first in my experience which explicitly carried a curse for people who abuses the coin. Whilst a warning of death for counterfeiting is known to exist, this coin appeals to the spiritual/religious sentiments of the people instead in the form of a curse. Abuse in this case is expected to be damage, counterfeiting or like activities which may devalue the coin. The image of this coin and also other coins of the region snd period is also interesting as Islamic decree prohibits the display of figures of semblance of idolatry since the reforms of al-Malik centuries ago. So far I better be treating this coin with respect lest the curse falls on me otherwise[/QUOTE]
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