Haven't Been Stumped In A While... | Zangids Of Aleppo Fals

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Sir Ferrari Pillar of the Community United States 671 Posts	Posted 11/26/2008 10:20 pm ...but this one's got me. Any ideas? Ottoman maybe? Edited by Sap 11/30/2008 09:08 am Report this Post to the Staff

Jays-Dad Pillar of the Community United States 790 Posts	Posted 11/27/2008 5:44 pm Looks Indian to me, isn' that Sanskrit? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16844 Posts	Posted 11/28/2008 01:21 am Nope, that's Arabic. This curious "seriffed script" was most commonly used in the Middle East around the time of the Crusades. There is a coin just like this one illustrated in the Marsden catalogue (number 192) in the name of the "Zangids of Aleppo" - this was one of the Islamic states in what is now northwestern Syria, and under the control of Saladin at the time. The denomination is known as a "fals" and Marsden dates it to the reign of Isma'il, 1174-1181 AD. 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
Sap Moderator Australia 16844 Posts	Posted 11/28/2008 03:18 am Forgot to show you some examples. Here is the zeno.ru page for this ruler. You should find several examples of your coin on this page. 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
Sir Ferrari Pillar of the Community United States 671 Posts	Posted 11/30/2008 2:53 pm Thanks, any idea on rarity or value? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16844 Posts	Posted 12/01/2008 12:34 am The most comprehensive catalogue of Islamic coins is the one put out by Stephen Album. He lists this coin in his catalogue "A Checklist of Islamic Coins" as A# 1854.2 and gives it a rating of "common". At the time my edition of the catalogue came out (2nd ed. 1998) a copper coin with this rating was worth from $5 to $40, depending on condition. 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
Sir Ferrari Pillar of the Community United States 671 Posts	Posted 12/01/2008 5:58 pm Thanks, once again. Report this Post to the Staff
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