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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5154549, member: 96898"]This thread deserves a bump. It didn't get the attention it deserves.</p><p><br /></p><p>I must have missed your post in April and just stumbled across it when reading your top 10 list. As with most of 2020, spring was a ghastly time... Yet, I guess we are hawk buddies:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1208990[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Ilkhanate, under Arghun with Ghazan as viceroy, AR dirham, 1291–1292 AD (690–691 AH), Astarabad mint. Obv: Uyghur protocol in three lines, two above hawk and one below: "[qaghanu]/ nereber/ deletkeguluksen(?)" ('of the Khaqan / in the name of / struck'); Arabic name of the ruler Arghun in central l. field; citing his heir Ghazan in r. field; hawk r., sunface rising behind. Rev: Shiite kalima in three lines in square: "la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul allah / ali waliun allah", partial mint and date formula for Astarabad in margins. Ref: Album 2149.2. 17.5mm, 2.93g.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another Ilkhan coin, minted for Hulagu, who is mostly known for destroying Baghdad in 1258 AD:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1208992[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Ilkhanate, under Hulagu (possibly a posthumous issue), AR dirham, ca. 1261–1265 AD (659–663 AH; also struck posthumously until c. 1281 AD/ 679 AH), Mardin mint (?). Obv: kalima: "la ilah illa allah/ wahdahu la sharikalahu/ muhammad rasul allah;" in margin, fragmentary Qu'ran 3:26. R: "qa'an/ al-'azam/ hulagu ilkhan/ al-mu'azam;" in margin, fragmentary mint and date formula. 22.5mm, 2.69g. Ref: Album 2122.2.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5154549, member: 96898"]This thread deserves a bump. It didn't get the attention it deserves. I must have missed your post in April and just stumbled across it when reading your top 10 list. As with most of 2020, spring was a ghastly time... Yet, I guess we are hawk buddies: [ATTACH=full]1208990[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Ilkhanate, under Arghun with Ghazan as viceroy, AR dirham, 1291–1292 AD (690–691 AH), Astarabad mint. Obv: Uyghur protocol in three lines, two above hawk and one below: "[qaghanu]/ nereber/ deletkeguluksen(?)" ('of the Khaqan / in the name of / struck'); Arabic name of the ruler Arghun in central l. field; citing his heir Ghazan in r. field; hawk r., sunface rising behind. Rev: Shiite kalima in three lines in square: "la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul allah / ali waliun allah", partial mint and date formula for Astarabad in margins. Ref: Album 2149.2. 17.5mm, 2.93g.[/SIZE] Here is another Ilkhan coin, minted for Hulagu, who is mostly known for destroying Baghdad in 1258 AD: [ATTACH=full]1208992[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Ilkhanate, under Hulagu (possibly a posthumous issue), AR dirham, ca. 1261–1265 AD (659–663 AH; also struck posthumously until c. 1281 AD/ 679 AH), Mardin mint (?). Obv: kalima: "la ilah illa allah/ wahdahu la sharikalahu/ muhammad rasul allah;" in margin, fragmentary Qu'ran 3:26. R: "qa'an/ al-'azam/ hulagu ilkhan/ al-mu'azam;" in margin, fragmentary mint and date formula. 22.5mm, 2.69g. Ref: Album 2122.2.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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