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IRAN, Mint: KASHAN. Another coin with a bird

Started by asm, January 12, 2012, 06:10:30 PM

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asm

Please help attribute this one...........



Amit
"It Is Better To Light A Candle Than To Curse The Darkness"

PeaceBD

Amit, it took me a while to figure out the bird on that coin. Intresting piece.

asm

Quote from: PeaceBD on January 12, 2012, 06:23:30 PM
...........to figure out the bird .......

Looks like a parrot?

Quote from: PeaceBD on January 12, 2012, 06:23:30 PM
..., it took me a while to figure out the bird on that coin.

It took me more than a while.......... and I still am not able to decide whether the other figure is a fish or some reptile......

Amit
"It Is Better To Light A Candle Than To Curse The Darkness"

PeaceBD

Quote from: asm on January 12, 2012, 06:31:07 PM
Looks like a parrot?

It took me more than a while.......... and I still am not able to decide weather it is a fish or a reptile......

Amit

It definietly looks like a bird. Turning the coin 90 degree counterclockwise in the picture ( bird side) would definiely make it easier for others to spot the bird ( before it flies off.... ;D)

capnbirdseye

Very characteristic of the copper coins of Iran
Vic

Figleaf

Indeed so. I think this could be Iran KM 128.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

asm

Quote from: Figleaf on January 13, 2012, 02:07:06 AM
Indeed so. I think this could be Iran KM 128.

I am sorry for not having provided the weight earlier. Is the coin you refer to just 3.4g?

Amit
"It Is Better To Light A Candle Than To Curse The Darkness"

saro

I think that we can read the mintname on right scan : Kashan in an eight-pointed star made of a double square (so that for the face with the bird).
"zarb Kashan"
"All I know is that I know nothing" (Socrates)

saro

a drawing to illustrate my previous mail...
"All I know is that I know nothing" (Socrates)

Figleaf

Brilliant, Saro. It's not the same coin as the one I indicated upthread (Hamadan mint, 10.7 grams) but, like the two others much like a known Iranian coin. I quote KM again:

As a result of the frequent recoinage of copper and its frequent demonetization, copper coins were not hoarded or saved and are consequently quite scarce today. Annual change meant that each mint had a multiplicity of types and varieties, most of which are uncommon today. The following listings are not an attempt at completeness, but give a representative selection of the products of each mint.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.