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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 2879925, member: 74799&quot;]Very nice!&nbsp; I am always in the lookout for these types of Byzantine imitations.&nbsp; Some of them are quite expensive and others are within reach.&nbsp; The key to these coins is to try to get ones that has good legends on them and yours fits the bill.&nbsp; Here is mine:</p><p><br /></p><p><b> The Zangid Atabegs of Aleppo: Nur al-din Mahmud ibn Zangi (1146-1174 CE) Æ Dirham (Album-1850) </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Within circle of small beads, two Byzantine-style standing figures facing forwards supporting a labarum (standard) resting on three steps</p><p>Downwards on left: downwards left of the standard: al-‘adil (العادل), downwards right of the standard: nur al-din (نردين) ; blundered imitations of Greek legends around</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: Within a circle of small beads, figure of Christ standing, facing forward, holding book in left hand and with right hand on hip, with blundered imitations of Greek legends to left and right</p><p>Downwards on right: mahmud (محمود‎‎) downwards on left: malik al-umara’ (مالك الأمراء); “Mahmud, King of the Princes”</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Album-1850.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Salduquds: Izz al-Din Salduq (1129-1168 CE) AE Fals, NM, ND (Album-1890) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Two standing figures with the one on the right holding a patriarchal cross on three steps in his right hand. This may be the Byzantine emperor John II Comnenus on the left and St. George on the right, but it could equally well be the Emperor Manuel I Comnenus and St. Theodore on the right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: Arabic legend on four lines - السلطان المعظم مسعود بن محمد عز الدين صادق بن علي (<i>The Mighty Sultan Mas‘ud ibn Muhammad ‘Izz al-Din Salduq ibn ‘Ali</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Citing the Western Seljuq overlord Mas&#039;ud, who ruled 1134-1152</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Album-1890.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Umayyad Caliphate, Arab-Byzantine: Anonymous (ca. 680 AD) Æ Fals, Dimashq (Album 3517.3) </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Emperor standing and facing, in right hand a long cross and in left hand a globus cruciger, crescent on &#039;T&#039; , Greek letters ΛЄO to right downwards, all enclosed by beaded circle</p><p>Rev: جائز/ ضرب / دمشق, Capital M with monogram above and &quot;officina&quot; symbol (a downturned crescent) below, Arabic inscription to left downwards, Arabic inscription to right downwards, Arabic inscription in exergue (mint name), all enclosed by beaded circle</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Album-3517_3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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