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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 5853392, member: 74799&quot;]I like transcribing the legends and understanding what they are saying.&nbsp; I can&#039;t read or write Arabic, but it does look nice transcribed.&nbsp; However, it requires a lot of research and googling. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few more...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Album-1874_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>&nbsp;Lu&#039;lu&#039;ids: Badr al-Din Lu&#039;lu&#039; (1233-1258) <b>Æ </b>Dirham, al-Mawsil, AH631 (Album-1874.1) </b></p><p>Obv: In beaded square, diademed head in profile facing left, hair in ringlets, eight-pointed star in bottom left corner; in margins -ﺿﺮﺏ ﺑﺎﻟﻤﻮﺻﻞ ﺳﻨﺔ ﺍﺣﺪ ﻭ ﺛﻠﺜﻴﻦ ﻭﺳﺘﻤﺎﺋﺔ (<i>Struck in al-Mawsil the year one and thirty and six hundred</i>)</p><p>Rev: In Naskh script, in center - ﺍﻻﻣﺎﻡ ﺍﻟﻤﺴﺘﻨﺼﺮ ﺑﺎﻟﻠﺔ ﺍﻣﻴﺮﺍﻟﻤﺆﻣﻨﻴﻦ (<i>The Imam, al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Faithful</i>); in margins - ﺑﺪﺮ ﺍﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎﻭﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ ﻟﻮﻟﻮ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚ ﺍﻟﻜﺎﻣﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻚﺍﻻﺷﺮﻑ (<i>Resplendent Moon of the World and the Faith, Lu‘lu‘, the Perfect King, the Honored King</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Album-1880_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Zangids of Sinjār: Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad (594-616 AH) Æ Dirham, Sinjār, 596 AH (Edhem 167; Hennquin 700; S&amp;S Type 81.1; Album 1880.2; ICV 1275) </b></p><p>Obv: Classical bust to left wearing armor and holding scepter over right shoulder, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise in margin from lower right, all enclose by beaded and plain circles; ضرب بسنجار سنة ستة و تسعين و خمسمائة (<i>Struck in Sinjār in the year 596</i>)</p><p>Rev: Arabic inscription in field and around in segments with tamgha below, all enclosed by two plain circles; الامام الناصر / لدين الله / الملك المنصور / قطب الدنيا و الدين / محمد / بن زنكي / بن مودود (<i>The Imam al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, the King al-Mansūr, Quṭb al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Zangī b. Mawdūd</i>) </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Album-1861_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Zangids of al-Mawsil: Ghāzī II, Sayf al-Dīn (1169-1180) Æ Dirham, 569 AH (S&amp;S Type 66; Edhem 136; Butak 77; Artuk 1260; Album 1861.1; ICV 1242) </b></p><p>Obv: Facing draped bust with long hair, turned slightly to left with two small angels above, Arabic inscription to left and right; تسع و ستين ـ و خمسمائة</p><p>Rev: Arabic inscription in field, Arabic inscription anti-clockwise around in three segments, all enclosed by pointillate circle; الملك العادل / العالم ملك امرا / الشرق و الغرب / طغرلتكين اتابك (<i>The Just King, the King of the World, east and west, Tughtigin Atabeg</i>); غازي بن / مودود / بن زنكي (<i>Ghāzī b. Mawdūd b. Zangī</i>)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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