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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 16293967, member: 81887&quot;]Interesting hypothesis, but I doubt there is any direct connection.&nbsp; Of course both are the product of the nascent Islamic civilization encountering and absorbing local artistic styles and conventions.&nbsp; But other than the fact that they both show a standing human figure, I don&#039;t see much similarity to the Standing Caliph type:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1534236[/ATTACH] </p><p>To my (admittedly not professionally art-history-trained) eyes, the praying figure on my coin looks a lot more similar to the &quot;attendant&quot; figures familiar from late Sasanaian and Arab-Sasanian coins.&nbsp; I would especially note the thinness and elongated nature of the figure, as compared to the Standing Caliph who is relatively stout in his robe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I am not sure how likely it is that the mint masters or engravers in one part of the early Caliphate would be familiar with bronze coinage from elsewhere in the Caliphate.&nbsp; Silver coinage in the Arab-Sasanian regions was rather centralized from the very beginning, but bronze coinage was much more localized and variable, and bronze coins probably didn&#039;t circulate as widely as silver.&nbsp; So, the Arab-Sasanian mint master in, say, Bishapur may have had no idea what coins being produced in Amman looked like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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