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pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 10/06/2013 5:13 pm Anyone tell me which is the back and front? Have found some on line but not an exact match. Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/06/2013 5:24 pm Neat coin. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 10/06/2013 5:28 pm It does look cool! Hope it feels as nice in the hand. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16873 Posts	Posted 10/06/2013 9:11 pm More usually called the "Sultanate of Malwa". As a general rule for Islamic coins, the "obverse" is considered the side which names the ruler who issued the coin. If it isn't named, then there's usually a Kalima (Islamic statement of faith), and the side with the Kalima is the obverse. In the case of this coin, one side contains most of the useful information: the bottom pic, which contains the name of the sultan (in this case, Mahmud II) and the date (in this case, the date I believe appears inside the broad-U-shaped N of BIN, in the lower line), so the bottom pic is the obverse. I can't read the date, but the Goron & Goenka catalogue lists the peculiarly angular plant-shaped mintmark in the centre of the reverse as only appearing on copper coins of this ruler dated "924". You haven't said how big/heavy it is do I can't tell if it's supposed to be a falus, half-falus or quarter-falus; I'm betting from the amount of detail present that it's a half-falus. Compare with the examples of copper coins from this ruler on these zeno.ru pages; scroll through from the ones numbered "M170" to "M175". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4981 Posts	Posted 10/06/2013 10:33 pm hu...that interesting sap....pretty cool little coin pish! Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 10/07/2013 04:30 am Seller says 12mm by 10mm. Great site, thanks Sap. Report this Post to the Staff
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