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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 4585696, member: 76965&quot;]Arabic/Persian calligraphy is very difficult to read simply because it is considered an art form rather than script. Moreover, you not only need to know the script but understand the language as well. Add to that the fact that much of the script could be off flan and decorative dots or accent marks could and do change the pronunciation of a letter. Plus it is often written from the bottom line upwards and the artist might decide to break up the letters in a word for good measure. Just like a modern English speaker reading a medieval French text written by a dyslexic ancient Latin scribe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think of a Picasso painting with the nose on the forehead, ears where the eyes should be and one eye in place of the mouth. A strange beast if you didn&#039;t actually know what the human face looked like. Plus some on the letters on your coin appear scraped or maybe its the light. Anyway here is my effort:</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s start with the right side image since that is the clearest. As correctly pointed out by [USER=4910]@willieboyd2[/USER] above, the first short line reads &quot;Shah Qaa-jaa-r&#039; below that &#039;Fathali&quot; as one word. The script below the long diagonal stroke is even more jumbled up. It reads &quot;Al Sulta b Sulta&quot; with the N of the first &#039;Sultan&#039; the ib of &#039;ibn&#039; (son of) and the n of the second &#039;Sultan&#039; making up the last line........see the letters that look like three &quot;U&#039;s&quot; with lots of decorative dots in them and the centre letter with a vertical stroke.</p><p><br /></p><p>An &quot;N&quot; in Arabic looks a lot like a &quot;U&quot; in Latin but with one dot in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Confused??? You will be after the next episode of &quot;Let&#039;s read Arabic/Persian Caligraphy&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] do you REALLY want to know what is on the left image<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse reads: &quot;Yazd; Al iba&quot; (the &quot;dh&quot; is in the 3rd row at the very end) Sar&#039;dar (in the place of) and finally &#039;B&#039; which in Persian means &#039;in&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically it says &quot;B sar&#039;dar Iba&#039;dh Yazd 1233&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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