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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2662061, member: 84744&quot;]Here&#039;s my Muhammad II of Khwarezm, a broad qarari dirham issued in Tirmidh, probably at the time of the Mongol conquest in 1219-20, Album-1724.&nbsp; He is indeed an interesting historical figure, who was very militarily successful from 1207-1217.&nbsp; Then the Zagros mountains and, eventually, the Mongols destroyed his armies. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]590790[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Note the prominent bow &amp; arrow on the obverse.&nbsp; Stephen Album notes that this was the Mongol symbol at the time.&nbsp; It seems odd that Genghis&#039;s opponent would put this symbol on the coin, which makes me wonder whether it was in fact issued by the Mongols (who just didn&#039;t care much about the legends).&nbsp; I note your coin also has a prominent bow, [USER=57364]@THCoins[/USER], though in a different style... do you have any thoughts on this?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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