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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2908140, member: 44316&quot;]Here is a remarkable &quot;Turkoman bronze&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]701724[/ATTACH] </p><p>Nasr al-Din Artuq Arslan, 597-637 AH, AD 1201-1239.</p><p>Large. 29-28 mm. 11.15 grams.</p><p>Turkish male head facing, stars either side in field, his name in Arabic around.</p><p>4-line legend (2 large, 2 tiny) in six-pointed star (with two solid lines and continuous beading between them) and six further bits of legend (the date) outside the angles of the star.</p><p><br /></p><p>Spengler/Sayles 37.1, the two-big-line unpictured variety instead of the usual three-big-line variety. CNG XXVIII (Dec. 8, 1993) lot 738 was one of this variety. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a web page with references to Turkoman &quot;figural&quot; bronzes. </p><p><br /></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></p><p><br /></p><p>(If you have suggestions for other references, please let me know.) The page mentions and comments on the usual book references. In addition, it includes many sale catalogs because catalogs can show you what a collection might look like and give you real prices realized, as well as show you what quality is available. This one is a scarcer variety, deeply struck and well-centered with all the legends legible, and little wear. Not bad for a pickup in a group lot![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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