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I obtained these coins recently. I have always had a thing for islamic coins, just unfortunately I have no idea where to even start learning how to identify anything like this. Can anybody help me out identifying what I have here?   Thank you for looking! |
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Pillar of the Community
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The large coin is Pishkinids, Nusrat al-Din Mahmud b. Pishkin, 1212-1226, as vassal of the Ildegizid atabeg Uzbek, also citing the 'Abbasid caliph al-Nasir. Struck at Ahar, a city of historic Azerbaijan, today in the NW corner of Iran. Known dated AH 612 and 613.
The small coin is an Ottoman akche of Murad II b. Mehmet, first reign 1421-1444, struck at Serez, dated AH 834.
The third I think is a relatively modern coin of Iran or one of the Central Asian Khanates.
Edited by Kushanshah
01/13/2019 05:44 am
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The third coin is qajar mohammad shah or fathali shah not very clear on the image to give a accurate answer.
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New Member
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Kushanshah, Thank you!
Those are looking good for the first two- I am struggling with the third one still. It looks like flower petals around the circle and running comparisons like hvedo mentions "qajar mohammad shah or fathali shah". When you say relatively modern, you think I should check 1700s and 1800s for the regions you mentioned?
EDIT: no luck with iran
Edited by joshbee
01/14/2019 03:02 am
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It is in fact Iran. Tweaking your photos a bit, I was able to read Muhammad Shah on the obverse and Isfahan on the reverse. Denomination will depend on weight. Date may be discernible in a better photo. https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=40730 |
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If it weighs about 5.3g it should be KM 797.2, Muhammad Shah, Isfahan, type D.
Edited by Kushanshah
01/14/2019 7:15 pm
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I took some better pictures, and I weighed it. It is 5.34-5.35 grams. Are you able to tell the date with the lighter picture?   Not sure why the pictures turned sideways, sorry! Is Isfahan the mint? Edited by joshbee
01/15/2019 01:37 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, Isfahan is the mint. The date is incredibly tiny, perhaps 1255?
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Yes, Isfahan is the mint. The date is incredibly tiny, perhaps 1255? Can we make Kushanshah the king of Islamic numismatics already?  |
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Can you tell me where to look for the date so I can continue to work on it?
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Surely there's at least drnsreedhar (or however he's spelled) to contend with... And that's assuming that Medieval never decides to return (and that Kushanshah isn't the same person as Medieval, which I did occasionally wonder about). |
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Thank you very much for your time Kushanshah!
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