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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2782593, member: 10461&quot;]At risk of (slightly) derailing the thread, may I solicit your opinion of this piece?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll copy-and-paste my post from a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-you-were-to-buy-just-one-coin-to.298583/#post-2776778" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-you-were-to-buy-just-one-coin-to.298583/#post-2776778">recent thread</a> about Islamic coinage (and coins peripheral to the Islamic world).&nbsp; I ended up going with the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/first-half-of-2017.298859/#post-2781651" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/first-half-of-2017.298859/#post-2781651">Seljuq &quot;lion&quot; dirhem</a> I posted above, but this gold tari below tempted me for several reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier text reposted below:</p><p><br /></p><p>...............</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ephesus_numismatics/56/product/sicily_roger_ii_11051154_ad_av_tari_siqilliya_mint__rare/852526/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ephesus_numismatics/56/product/sicily_roger_ii_11051154_ad_av_tari_siqilliya_mint__rare/852526/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow"><b>This</b></a> combines Islamic and Norman/Christian (Crusader?) culture on the same coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the plus side:</p><ul> <li>Gold</li> <li>Cross-cultural</li> <li>Medieval</li> <li>Decent toning</li> </ul><p>On the minus side:</p><ul> <li>Small</li> <li>Crude</li> <li>Slightly ragged flan (though definitely not bad in comparison to others)</li> </ul><p>I was going to add &quot;I know nothing about these&quot; to the minus side, but that&#039;s not really a minus, because it can be balanced by &quot;learning opportunity&quot; on the plus side.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sicily, Roger II, 1105-1154 AD, AV tari, Siqilliya mint - rare</b></p><p><a href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/56/K/6/Kcg6p7kAGn2Ct3LR4xDqdL5sX8fXB5.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/56/K/6/Kcg6p7kAGn2Ct3LR4xDqdL5sX8fXB5.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/56/K/6/Kcg6p7kAGn2Ct3LR4xDqdL5sX8fXB5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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