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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Zuhara, post: 852012, member: 23099&quot;]<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/72244d1270240132-arabic4front.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/72244d1270240132-arabic4front.jpg"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/72244d1270240132t-arabic4front.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/72245d1270240137-arabic4back.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/72245d1270240137-arabic4back.jpg"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/72245d1270240137t-arabic4back.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is an Ayyubid coin of Al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf II (1237-1260) of Aleppo. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A similar example is posted below, and one with a complete inscription (but slightly different format) is on Mehmet Eti&#039;s site. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Obverse mentions the reigning caliph (words in parenthesis are not visible on your coin) : &quot;(El-imam el-Mustansir) billah Abu Ahmed amir al-muminin&quot;. Cmdr. of the faithful, the imam Mustansir, father of Ahmed.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Reverse: &quot;(El malik en-Nasir) Salah ed-dunya (veddin) Yusuf bin Mohammed&quot;. The defending king, honor of the world and of the faith, Yusuf bin Muhammed.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://users.rcn.com/j-roberts/ayy.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://users.rcn.com/j-roberts/ayy.htm" rel="nofollow">http://users.rcn.com/j-roberts/ayy.htm</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://mehmeteti.150m.com/ayyubids/506.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mehmeteti.150m.com/ayyubids/506.htm" rel="nofollow">http://mehmeteti.150m.com/ayyubids/506.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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