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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7945233, member: 44316"]Mitchiner's <i>World of Islam</i> is the most available source. However, it is far from complete and even has some errors (according to reviewers). By the way, the side of your coin (the side on the right) with two legends around is upside down. </p><p><br /></p><p>Part of the appeal (to a very select subgroup of ancient-coin collectors) of Silk Road coins is that they are obscure and you can enjoy learning to figure out what's what. As far as I know, they have not been the subject of an introduction for beginners. However, for most of us Roman and Greek coins are already complicated enough and Silk Road coins will remain obscure and neglected.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7945233, member: 44316"]Mitchiner's [I]World of Islam[/I] is the most available source. However, it is far from complete and even has some errors (according to reviewers). By the way, the side of your coin (the side on the right) with two legends around is upside down. Part of the appeal (to a very select subgroup of ancient-coin collectors) of Silk Road coins is that they are obscure and you can enjoy learning to figure out what's what. As far as I know, they have not been the subject of an introduction for beginners. However, for most of us Roman and Greek coins are already complicated enough and Silk Road coins will remain obscure and neglected.[/QUOTE]
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