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<p>[QUOTE="TTerrier, post: 5165191, member: 76835"]I also missed this thread which was unfortunate as I like these coins and have a number of them from different rulers. I've only had time to properly transcribe one of them, a dirham of Abaqa (son of Hulagu). These coins were struck at dozens of different mints, especially as you get to the later Khans like Abu Sa'id.</p><p><br /></p><p>One interesting fact about Abaqa is that he tried to strike an alliance with the Byzantine emperor Michael Palaiologos by marrying his illegitimate daughter, Maria Palaiologina. She was originally going to marry Hulagu but he died before she could make her way to Tabriz. It was Abaqa who made Tabriz the formal capital of the Ilkhans.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>AR dirham</p><p>2.73 gm, 20 mm</p><p>AH 668 (1269 - 1270 AD)</p><p>Mint - Tiflis (according to Diler even though there is no mint on the coins they were struck in Tiflis)</p><p>Album 2127; Diler A-98</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that on the obverse the text on the second line of the coin is shown to the right on the diagram below - that is the date info.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210414[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1210415[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1210416[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1210417[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TTerrier, post: 5165191, member: 76835"]I also missed this thread which was unfortunate as I like these coins and have a number of them from different rulers. I've only had time to properly transcribe one of them, a dirham of Abaqa (son of Hulagu). These coins were struck at dozens of different mints, especially as you get to the later Khans like Abu Sa'id. One interesting fact about Abaqa is that he tried to strike an alliance with the Byzantine emperor Michael Palaiologos by marrying his illegitimate daughter, Maria Palaiologina. She was originally going to marry Hulagu but he died before she could make her way to Tabriz. It was Abaqa who made Tabriz the formal capital of the Ilkhans. The coin: AR dirham 2.73 gm, 20 mm AH 668 (1269 - 1270 AD) Mint - Tiflis (according to Diler even though there is no mint on the coins they were struck in Tiflis) Album 2127; Diler A-98 Note that on the obverse the text on the second line of the coin is shown to the right on the diagram below - that is the date info. [ATTACH=full]1210414[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1210415[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1210416[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1210417[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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