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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2661020, member: 19463&quot;]The second coin in Randy&#039;s pack to me was an Islamic fals about which I know as little as possible.&nbsp; I consider the coin rather boring but the man who issued it has a really good story.&nbsp; Muhammed II of Khwarezm (1200-1220 AD) was the last king of his land.&nbsp; He received a request for establishing a trade relationship from a neighboring ruler but did not trust the man so he killed his envoys.&nbsp; In retaliation, the other guy completely destroyed the Khwarezmite civilization in what has been called the most bloody event until the 20th century.&nbsp; The moral to the story is don&#039;t kill envoys of peace from Genghis Khan. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]590305[/ATTACH]</p><p>The coin shows a horseman with spear on the obverse and Arabic legend on the reverse.&nbsp; Many AE fals of the early Islamic period are poorly struck.&nbsp; This is at best half there but is not the worst fals I have seen.&nbsp; At least I got the top half of the obverse rather than the feet.&nbsp; 14mm 2.94g If anyone has a nice one of these, please post.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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