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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 8224745, member: 96898&quot;]This is outside the challenge since the coin is medieval. Yet I doubt that anyone can beat the length of the legend on this Seljuq dirham. The design is basically just legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>I count 195 Arabic letters, and it is 23mm in diameter. That&#039;s roughly 8.48 letters per mm diameter, and 1.35 letters per mm circumference on each side.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1445116[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Seljuq Sultanate of Rum, under Kayka&#039;us II, Qilij Arslan IV, Kayqubad II (&quot;the three brothers&quot;), citing caliph al-Musta&#039;sim, AR dirham, 1249–1250 AD (647 AH), Siwas mint.&nbsp; Obv: kalima and citation of caliph &quot;la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul allah al-imam / al-musta&#039;sim billah amir al-mu / &#039;minin;&quot; afterwards mint and date formula for Siwas 647 AH. Rev: names and titles of the three brothers: &quot;al-salatin al-a&#039;azim / &#039;izz al-dunya wa ud-din kay kawus / wa rukn al-dunya wa ud-din qilij arslan / wa ’ala al-dunya wa ud-din kayqubad / ibn kay khusraw barahin amir al-mu’minin.&quot; 23mm, 3,02g. Ref: Album 1227.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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