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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3280388, member: 44316&quot;]It is a so-called &quot;Turkoman bronze&quot;. (The reverse is pictured upside down.) It is of the Artuqid dynasty, issued by Husam al din <b>Yuluq Arslan</b> (c. 1185-1201).</p><p>Spengler and Sayles type 34.</p><p><br /></p><p>Foes of the Crusaders issued Islamic coins that had figures, as opposed to most coins with Arabic which are entirely legends. Thus they are sometimes called &quot;figural bronze.&quot; There are fewer than 100 types which make for an interesting collecting theme.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my page with some reference works about them:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/Turkoman.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/Turkoman.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/Turkoman.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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