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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 5002867, member: 74712&quot;]I’ll follow the growing theme for today - I recently bought this one, just because I found it interesting for not only being an imitation of a Byzantine coin, but because of that, Christ was thus depicted on an Islamic coin (n.b. - fully aware of the role Jesus plays in Islam)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200776[/ATTACH] Zangid of Syria</p><p>Nur al-Din Mahmud, r. 541-569 AH (1146-1174)</p><p>Halab (Aleppo) Mint, AE Fals, 24.91 mm x 4.4 grams</p><p>Obv.: Two Byzantine style figures holding labarum between, name and titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud, and blundered Greek legends in field</p><p>Rev.: Christ standing facing, holding gospels, titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud, and blundered Greek legends in field</p><p>Ref.: Album 1850</p><p>Note: Imitative of a Byzantine issue of Constantine X (SBCV&nbsp; 1853)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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