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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4076502, member: 74834"]I tried to look it up in my catalog of Ilkhan coins by Ömer Diler, but I'm inexperienced in this. I think it is an Abu Sa'id dirham of the F type, but I can't read mint (at the bottom of the reverse field) and date (reverse margin). It could be Tabriz and from about 1325-1335 AD. Or is it Sulayman, around 1340? Or is it a later type?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an augmented picture, with obverse left (Kalima in the field, names of the first Caliphs around) and reverse right (name of the sultan in the field, mint underneath, and year in the circular margin). However - I can't really read the lettering, it's less refined than the coins you see at <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/search.php?searchid=426243" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/search.php?searchid=426243" rel="nofollow">Zeno</a> (look for the obverse square and reverse circle).</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is a bit yellowish, but your diameter 21 mm and weight 2 gr don't point in the direction of gold. I think we need an expert. Please, [USER=16466]@altaycoins[/USER] ?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064107[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4076502, member: 74834"]I tried to look it up in my catalog of Ilkhan coins by Ömer Diler, but I'm inexperienced in this. I think it is an Abu Sa'id dirham of the F type, but I can't read mint (at the bottom of the reverse field) and date (reverse margin). It could be Tabriz and from about 1325-1335 AD. Or is it Sulayman, around 1340? Or is it a later type? Here is an augmented picture, with obverse left (Kalima in the field, names of the first Caliphs around) and reverse right (name of the sultan in the field, mint underneath, and year in the circular margin). However - I can't really read the lettering, it's less refined than the coins you see at [URL='https://www.zeno.ru/search.php?searchid=426243']Zeno[/URL] (look for the obverse square and reverse circle). The coin is a bit yellowish, but your diameter 21 mm and weight 2 gr don't point in the direction of gold. I think we need an expert. Please, [USER=16466]@altaycoins[/USER] ? [ATTACH=full]1064107[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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