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Seljuqs of Rum : Lion and Sun dinar

WeissWeiss Posts: 9,935 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Kaykhusraw II, Sultan of the Seljuqs of Rum (1240 - 1243 AD)

Lion and Sun dinar, AR, 3 grams.



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    OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool

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    dukiduki Posts: 72 ✭✭
    Love it, love the envelope.
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    ashelandasheland Posts: 22,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool!

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    LochNESSLochNESS Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭
    That is a super cool design. I hear "Conan the Barbarian" music in the background.
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,521 ✭✭✭✭✭
    thats neat even with the envelope
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    bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,605 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thats a neat coin, I like it.
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    harashaharasha Posts: 3,079 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm going to have to dig out the two I purchased from Steve Album, back in 2003.
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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,935 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There's a neat juxtaposition twixt this piece and my icon, or my icon's younger brother. Especially if you think the "wart" above my icon's eye is the sun (like I do).



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    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
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    WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Amazing coin!

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    SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep, it's a really neat design. I have a similar one, with just a dint rather than a hole, bought back in 1997 from a local auction house in a bulk lot of mediaevals and ancients.



    For those who may be wondering about the imagery. Islamic tradition frowned upon the making of "graven images" and this usually extended to images on coins, but apparently, astrological horoscopes could be an exception. This is actually a horoscope, of the sultan's wife: the Sun in Leo.
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    NapNap Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have always liked the design and plan to add one to the collection one day.

    Fortunately they are not terribly rare or expensive
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    ZoharZohar Posts: 6,629 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Excellent post.
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    WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A real nice coin!

    I saw similar images in Samarkand on some of the Moslem buildings in the Registan or town square.
    Someone told me that the Islamic code allowed images of imaginary animals but not real ones.

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    harashaharasha Posts: 3,079 ✭✭✭✭✭
    circa 1218 Mint of Sivas

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    circa 1218 Mint of Konya

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