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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7421107, member: 96898"]Splendid coins and write-up, [USER=109923]@John Conduitt[/USER] ! Especially the tamgha types are extremely desirable in my eyes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mongol coinage is a fascinating area, and this gives me an opportunity to show some favorites from the Mongol Empire and it's successor states:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1288992[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Great Mongols, under Genghis (Chingiz) Khan or slightly later, BI “jital,” 1220s/1230s AD, Nimruz (Sistan) mint. Obv: "qa’an / al-‘adil" ('the just khan'). Rev: " zarb i/ nimruz" ('struck in Nimruz'). 14.5mm, 3.42g. Ref: Tye –; Album A1973.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>A "siege coin" of Kurzuwan:</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1288988[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Khwarezmian Empire, struck by an anonymous local governor, AE “jital,” June or July of 1221 AD (Jumada of 618 AH), Kurzuwan mint. Avers "al-malik" ("the ruler") in central circle; around: "tarikh jumada sanat thaman asbar wa sin mi'at" ('dated to Jumada, of the year 618'). Rev: inscription in four lines "kurzuwan / la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul / allah" ('Kurzuwan. There is no God but God. Muhammad is the messenger of God'). 20mm, 2.78g. Tye 324.2; Album 1971.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1288986[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Juchids (Golden Horde), under Uzbek Khan, AR dirham/dang, 1314–1315 AD (714 AH), Khwarizm mint. Obv: "al-sultan / al-adil / uz bek" in square. Rev: mint and date formula for Khwarizm 714 AH in polylobe. 16mm, 1.80g. Ref: </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">This bilingual Uyghur and Arabic hawk dirham struck for Arghun is one of my favorite "eastern" medieval coins:</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1288989[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font size="3">Ilkhanate, under Arghun with Ghazan as viceroy, AR dirham, 1291–1292 AD (690–691 AH), Astarabad mint. Obv: Uyghur protocol in three lines, two above hawk and one below: "[qaghanu]/ nereber/ deletkeguluksen(?)" ('of the Khaqan / in the name of / struck'); Arabic name of the ruler Arghun in central l. field; citing his heir Ghazan in r. field; hawk r., sunface rising behind. Rev: Shiite kalima in three lines in square: "la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul allah / ali waliun allah", partial mint and date formula for Astarabad in margins. Ref: Album 2149.2. 17.5mm, 2.93g. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7421107, member: 96898"]Splendid coins and write-up, [USER=109923]@John Conduitt[/USER] ! Especially the tamgha types are extremely desirable in my eyes. Mongol coinage is a fascinating area, and this gives me an opportunity to show some favorites from the Mongol Empire and it's successor states: [ATTACH=full]1288992[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Great Mongols, under Genghis (Chingiz) Khan or slightly later, BI “jital,” 1220s/1230s AD, Nimruz (Sistan) mint. Obv: "qa’an / al-‘adil" ('the just khan'). Rev: " zarb i/ nimruz" ('struck in Nimruz'). 14.5mm, 3.42g. Ref: Tye –; Album A1973.[/SIZE] A "siege coin" of Kurzuwan: [SIZE=3][ATTACH=full]1288988[/ATTACH] Khwarezmian Empire, struck by an anonymous local governor, AE “jital,” June or July of 1221 AD (Jumada of 618 AH), Kurzuwan mint. Avers "al-malik" ("the ruler") in central circle; around: "tarikh jumada sanat thaman asbar wa sin mi'at" ('dated to Jumada, of the year 618'). Rev: inscription in four lines "kurzuwan / la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul / allah" ('Kurzuwan. There is no God but God. Muhammad is the messenger of God'). 20mm, 2.78g. Tye 324.2; Album 1971. [ATTACH=full]1288986[/ATTACH] Juchids (Golden Horde), under Uzbek Khan, AR dirham/dang, 1314–1315 AD (714 AH), Khwarizm mint. Obv: "al-sultan / al-adil / uz bek" in square. Rev: mint and date formula for Khwarizm 714 AH in polylobe. 16mm, 1.80g. Ref: [SIZE=4]This bilingual Uyghur and Arabic hawk dirham struck for Arghun is one of my favorite "eastern" medieval coins:[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=4][ATTACH=full]1288989[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Ilkhanate, under Arghun with Ghazan as viceroy, AR dirham, 1291–1292 AD (690–691 AH), Astarabad mint. Obv: Uyghur protocol in three lines, two above hawk and one below: "[qaghanu]/ nereber/ deletkeguluksen(?)" ('of the Khaqan / in the name of / struck'); Arabic name of the ruler Arghun in central l. field; citing his heir Ghazan in r. field; hawk r., sunface rising behind. Rev: Shiite kalima in three lines in square: "la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul allah / ali waliun allah", partial mint and date formula for Astarabad in margins. Ref: Album 2149.2. 17.5mm, 2.93g. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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