Posted 12/05/2009 07:10 am
Islamics aren't a specialty of mine, though I do have some books on the subject. Here's what I can make out of them.
Coin #1: I can read "Malik" below the heart-shaped symbol in the top pic; "Malik" means "king" but can also be part of a ruler's name, so it doesn't help us narrow it down too much. The heart is used on the coinage of several dynasties; Malwa is a good candidate, though the rulers of Malwa styled themselves "sultan" rather than "malik" and there wasn't a ruler with the name "Malik" there. on the bottom pic, I can;t even tell which way is up, though the thing that looks like a fleur-de-lis might be part of a Turkic clan symbol, or "tamgha".
Coin #2: I can't read anything on this one. The style makes me think Central Asia. The casting sprue is very unusual for the Islamic series (the planchet would have been cast, not necessarily the coin itself).
Coin #1: I can read "Malik" below the heart-shaped symbol in the top pic; "Malik" means "king" but can also be part of a ruler's name, so it doesn't help us narrow it down too much. The heart is used on the coinage of several dynasties; Malwa is a good candidate, though the rulers of Malwa styled themselves "sultan" rather than "malik" and there wasn't a ruler with the name "Malik" there. on the bottom pic, I can;t even tell which way is up, though the thing that looks like a fleur-de-lis might be part of a Turkic clan symbol, or "tamgha".
Coin #2: I can't read anything on this one. The style makes me think Central Asia. The casting sprue is very unusual for the Islamic series (the planchet would have been cast, not necessarily the coin itself).
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
