ROMAN; Maximianus; first reign CE 285-305

 AR Antoninianus (higher than normal silver content apparent) 

4.73 g., 1h, 22 x 25 mm. Lugdunum mint, c. 290-292 CE.

RIC 399

RCV 13155 var. 

O: radiate cuir., bust r, IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG

R: Pax stg l holding scepter and Nike, PAX AVGG/S

Ex: Warren Esty

ISLAMIC/ Mamluk; Bahri; Baybars CE 1260-1277

AR Dirham, 2.94 g, 5h, 22mm, Damascus mint, c. 13 June -28 November CE 1261

Album 883 var.

Balog Mamluk 44 type

OBS

الصالحي

السلطان الملك

الظاهر ركن الدنيا و الدين

بيبرس قسيم اميرالمومنين

 Lion or panther in lower portion of obs as symbol of Baybars

REV

امير( المومنين

الامام المستنصربالله

ابوالقاسم احمد بن

الامام الظاهر

 

On the lower left outside بدمشق

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Lion's Gate, Jerusalem. Thought to have been constructed under the Ottomans but due to the similarity in the designs to other locales, it is thought that they likely date to CE 1273 and represent Baybars, cf the Jisr Jindas which was constructed in CE 1273 by Baybars in Lod, Israel:

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ISLAMIC/Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk) Artuqids of Mardin, Nasir ad-Din Artuq Arslan CE 1201-1239/AH 597-637

 

Æ Dirham, 10.87 g, 29 mm, 9h. AH 606 = CE 1209-1210 mint of Mardin

Album, Checklist 1830.3

S&S Type 39

 

O: male figure riding leopard side saddle to left.  With Arabic inscription around:

الملك العالم العادل ناصرالدين ارتق ارسلان ملك دياربكر

 

R:  Marginal legend around outside:

الملك العادل سيف الدين ابوبكرابن ايوب ضرب بماردين سنة 

Inner legend:

الامام الناصر

لدين الله امير

المومنين

Outside of inner legend:

Right: ستة

Top: وستة

Left: ماءة

 

Please see Spengler/Sayles Vol. 1 pp. 127-130 for an interesting discussion of this type.

 

Ex: W. Esty