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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2569260, member: 57495&quot;]Islamic coins are usually far in the left field for me, but when it comes to their interesting figural coinage, it&#039;s easy for me to make an exception.&nbsp; The figure on the obverse on my Zengids of Mosul dirhem is said to be the personification of the moon (Luna), but personally, I prefer the popular name for the type, the Watermelon Eater <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I mean, look...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]555405[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The auction description had it as Mitchener 1129, Album 1870.2 - struck under Nasir al-Din Mahmud, dated AH 627.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have either reference, but my coin doesn&#039;t resemble any example of these that I&#039;ve found online.&nbsp; It seems closer to what I see show up as S&amp;S 63 (Izz al-Din Mas&#039;ud), but I&#039;m not sure that all the names on the reverse match up.&nbsp; I&#039;m hoping one of the Islamic coin specialists out there will be able to help me out here.&nbsp; My pic above is true to how the coin looks, but the auction pic below shows the inscriptions better.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]555406[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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