Unidendifed Coin With A Cow Or A Horse

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harun New Member Russian Federation 12 Posts	Posted 06/27/2018 03:13 am Hi can you help me to identify this coin? what is the origin? Identified - moved to Mediaevals forum - Sap Edited by harun 06/27/2018 04:47 am Report this Post to the Staff

chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 06/27/2018 04:27 am If I were a gambling man I'd say horse. Welcome to the Forum. You've come to a phenomenal place to share and learn. Someone that knows more than I will be along shortly. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Edited by chafemasterj 06/27/2018 04:28 am Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7950 Posts	Posted 06/27/2018 08:03 am Copper coins from the Indian state of Indore often have a bull on them, but I cannot find a match for this coin. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/in...state-1.html Maybe there is another state with a similar design. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 06/27/2018 08:58 am It's medieval Islamic. Muslim theocracies are usually pretty adamant against figural or animal depictions, but the Abbasid caliphate was pretty liberal. Two of their vassal states, the Zangid and Artuqid, went so far as to put humans or animals on most of their coinage (all bronze, as the Abbasids controlled silver and gold). I'm not having much luck pinning it down (I can't read Arabic, go figure) but it's a start. Report this Post to the Staff
harun New Member Russian Federation 12 Posts	Posted 06/27/2018 09:33 am Thanks to everybody for your reply. in fact I got the coin in a place which isnot far from the territory where Artuqids ruled, probably Finn235 is right. I will keep reading about Artuqids coins. however below linked drachms also have some similar figures. it looks like the figure is "cow suckling calf". but there is no calf on my coin :) and I have some figures looks like arabic. https://www.google.ru/search?q=ILLY...Yu-Zp1-GJiM: https://www.google.ru/search?newwin...91r3SSWC1XM: Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 06/27/2018 8:08 pm Begtimurids, Sayf al-Din Begtimur, 1183-1194, AE fals or dirham. The obverse is variously described as a horse or cow, suckling a colt or calf, or being attacked by a wolf. https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1481 Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/27/2018 10:03 pm to the community Report this Post to the Staff
harun New Member Russian Federation 12 Posts	Posted 06/28/2018 02:22 am Kushanshah thank you very much :) you did a great job! do you think it is ancient or fake? Edited by harun 06/28/2018 02:22 am Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 06/28/2018 03:36 am It's genuine. Condition isn't the best but it is apparently the only coin type of the Begtimurids and rare. Report this Post to the Staff
harun New Member Russian Federation 12 Posts	Posted 06/28/2018 03:49 am Kushanshah thanks for your valuable comments :) i have one more coin waiting for identification. can you help with this? http://goccf.com/t/322492 Report this Post to the Staff
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