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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 1714017, member: 42634&quot;]hey guys,&nbsp; i just got this medieval islamic coin...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_3463_zps2dba1f03.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_3463_zps2dba1f03.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_3463_zps2dba1f03.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_3464_zps55cdd314.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_3464_zps55cdd314.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_3464_zps55cdd314.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>the seller had it listed as &quot;mamluk stultans of egypt and syria, damascus, 1341ad&quot;, but it looks like these artquid coins..</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/islam/artuqid/artuqid4.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/islam/artuqid/artuqid4.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/islam/artuqid/artuqid4.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>so...</p><p><br /></p><p>Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan (1201 - 1239 AD)</p><p>AE Dirham</p><p>AH 618 (1221/1222 AD)</p><p><span style="color: #006633">Obverse:</span> Male bust facing slightly right.</p><p><span style="color: #006633">Reverse:</span> Five line Kufic legend surrounded by marginal legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>so wikipedia hasn&#039;t cleared this up for me, the mamluks and artquids rules some of the same areas, maybe with some overalap in time...but anyway, i&#039;m confused and not sure how to attribute this coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; any ideas?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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