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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3360302, member: 97383"]Loong Siew, That is a fascinating coin with a nice clear inscription <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. So many of the coins made by the Artuqids were stylistically inspired by Byzantine, Roman & Greek coins. The obverse of your coin looks like it was inspired by the Byzantine gold solidus of Heraclius & his son Heraclius Constantine, circa AD 613-6, see photo below. However, the Artuqids went one step further by cutting the die with a three dimensional image. I dare you to drop your coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />![ATTACH=full]890597[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3360302, member: 97383"]Loong Siew, That is a fascinating coin with a nice clear inscription :happy:. So many of the coins made by the Artuqids were stylistically inspired by Byzantine, Roman & Greek coins. The obverse of your coin looks like it was inspired by the Byzantine gold solidus of Heraclius & his son Heraclius Constantine, circa AD 613-6, see photo below. However, the Artuqids went one step further by cutting the die with a three dimensional image. I dare you to drop your coin :nailbiting:![ATTACH=full]890597[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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