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<p>[QUOTE="Hrefn, post: 8352772, member: 115171"][ATTACH=full]1482240[/ATTACH] I have posted this coin before so I hope you will indulge me in showing it again. [ATTACH=full]1482241[/ATTACH]</p><p>Several fascinating features on this coin. The old ticket says it was the only coin of the group with facial features. The archer has clear stirrups. The arrow has a crescentic head, and he is holding two more arrows in his right hand as he draws, a hallmark of rapid shooting. </p><p><br /></p><p>Qilij Arslan IV was strangled in 1265 AD at the instigation of Pervane, a powerful Persian noble who had facilitated Qilij Arslan’s rise to power, but subsequently feared he might turn against Pervane. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sivas, formerly Sebasteia or Sebaste, was the home of 40 legionary soldiers martyred by Licinius in 320 AD. It was also the first major city in Asia Minor plundered and its inhabitants slaughtered by the Seljuks in 1059 AD, before the battle of Manzikert in 1071 AD. Later, with Iconium, the city served as a Seljuk capitol. </p><p><br /></p><p>Citing the Caliph al-Mustasim, who was soon killed by the Mongols in 1258 AD.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hrefn, post: 8352772, member: 115171"][ATTACH=full]1482240[/ATTACH] I have posted this coin before so I hope you will indulge me in showing it again. [ATTACH=full]1482241[/ATTACH] Several fascinating features on this coin. The old ticket says it was the only coin of the group with facial features. The archer has clear stirrups. The arrow has a crescentic head, and he is holding two more arrows in his right hand as he draws, a hallmark of rapid shooting. Qilij Arslan IV was strangled in 1265 AD at the instigation of Pervane, a powerful Persian noble who had facilitated Qilij Arslan’s rise to power, but subsequently feared he might turn against Pervane. Sivas, formerly Sebasteia or Sebaste, was the home of 40 legionary soldiers martyred by Licinius in 320 AD. It was also the first major city in Asia Minor plundered and its inhabitants slaughtered by the Seljuks in 1059 AD, before the battle of Manzikert in 1071 AD. Later, with Iconium, the city served as a Seljuk capitol. Citing the Caliph al-Mustasim, who was soon killed by the Mongols in 1258 AD.[/QUOTE]
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