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Message:: [QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4341096, member: 74834"]Thanks, that is a great write-up, Parthicus! I always tried to collect early islamic coins with animals. And here are my Qarakhanid felines, well - the cheetahs, that is. There are different types, all as effective as they are primitive. [ATTACH=full]1099772[/ATTACH]  AE fals Qarakhanids. Yusuf bin Abd Allah. Shash (= around Tashkent) 396 AH = 1006 AD. Obv. Cheetah with stripes and curly tail walks to the right. 22 mm. 1.47 gr. Album 3306A (version with cat; there's also a 3306A version with a circle in a square, that looks much like a washing machine). [ATTACH=full]1099774[/ATTACH] AE fals Qarakhanids, Yusuf bin Abd Allah, Shash 396 AH = 1006 AD. Obv. Cheetah turning its head back to look at you. 21 mm, 1.33 gr. Kochnev 180. Cannito-Fedorov 20 (cheetah). [ATTACH=full]1099781[/ATTACH] AE fals Qarakhanids, Yusuf bin Abd Allah, Shash 396 AH = 1006 AD. Obv. Cheetah turning its head back to look at you. 21.5 mm. 1.96 gr. Cannito-Fedorov 20? (cheetah). For completeness sake, here is the washing machine variety. [ATTACH=full]1099798[/ATTACH] AE fals Qarakhanids. Yusuf bin Abd Allah (394-396). Shash 395 AH = 1005 AD. 23 mm. 1.58 gr. Album 3306A (version without cat).[/QUOTE]