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Artuqids Æ-30 Archangel Gabriel - Early Bird Special !

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I finally landed an Artuqids bronze on ebay
Nothing really really special about it ......
other than the pricetag of 14 euros and the image of Gabriel on the obverse !
And as we all know ......
Gabriel was the key figure in bringing pages of the Qu'ran down from heaven to the prophet Muhammed
A quicky search doesn't seem to show many of this type so I don't have a good attribution for it
(I'm sure that will end soon)

For some (strange) reason I can't help but be reminded of an episode of Seinfeld by this coin

Obv. Archangel Gabriel facing
legend on right
Rv. Five lines of legend within dotted border
11.08 grams 28-31mm


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 Posted 09/01/2018  4:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Cool imagery. Cool price. I know Ron's been getting into these. Nice to see another posted here.
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Nice, Nur al-Din Muhammad 1175-1185. Legend:
Malik al umara Muhammad
bin Qara Arslian bin
Da'ud bin Suma
n bin Artuq Nasir
amir al-mu'minin

on the sides:
illah
al-Mustadi bi-amir
al-imam
S/S 9
BMC 3;332-3

I'm sure Kushanshah can give you an English translation.
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Thanks for the attribution work
And yes I believe KS can/will provide us some insights
After all
That's why I posted it !
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To amplify echizento: Artuqids of Amid & Hisn Kayfa, Nur al-Din Muhammad, 1185-1201, no mint, dated AH 571 (AD 1175/6). S/S 9; Album 1821.1; BMC Oriental III, 332. A scarcer type, listed as rare by Album, about 15 examples turn up at acsearch.com.

https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...us=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company=

Translation:
"king of the commanders Muhammad / son of Qara Arslan son of / Da'ud son of Sukma- / -n son of Artuq the victor"; in margin, "the Imam / al-Mustadi bi-amr Allah ('Abbasid caliph) / "commander of the faithful".

In the obverse margin is the date written out in words.

Qara Arslan (Persian, "Black Lion")
Da'ud (Arabic, "David")
al-Mustadi bi-amr Allah (Arabic, "Who Seeks Light by the Command of Allah", reigned 1170-1180)
Sukman and Artuq are Turkish names but I'm unsure of their translation/ meaning.

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09/01/2018 6:58 pm
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