Danishmendid coin identification. The correspondence between three ID numbers.
1) Izmirlier' 2023 book, Coins of the Danishmendids,
2) Whelen's 1980 ANSMN article, "A contribution to Danishmendid history: The figured bronze coins," and
3) Esty's website: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Turkoman/Turkoman.html#Danish
| Izmir- lier # |
Ruler | Design or "Not figural" |
Whelen # First SSS # |
new SSS# | comment |
| 1 | Amir Ahmed Ghazi | Bust of Christ/ Greek lettering |
-- |
-- cf. 1 |
21 mm. "Unique" Very crude. Uncertain attribution |
| 2 | Amir Ghazi Danishmend | Bust of Christ/ Greek lettering in 4 lines |
16.1 |
1 | 28-22 mm. Neater letttering |
| 3 | same, but 3 lines instead of 4 | 1 | 24-25 mm. | ||
| 4 | like 2 w. additional tamgha at bottom | 1 | 26-23 mm. | ||
| 5 | same, but cruder | 1 | Iz says it is from a second mint w. misspellings | ||
| 6 | same, but bust is just a head without shoulders | 1 | ? mm. Iz's example is well-done | ||
| 7 | Bust of Christ/ 3 lines of Greek |
1 | ? mm. | ||
| 8 | Not figural (Greek on both sides) | -- | Similar lettering to Crusader Tancred w. St. Peter | ||
| 9 | same | -- | |||
| 10 | Melik Mehemed | Not figural. Similar, but 4 lines each side | -- | Iz's examples are neatly done | |
| 11 | 'Ayn al-Dawla Isma'il | Not figural 3 lines of Greek each side |
-- | Large. 36-38 mm. | |
| 12 | Dhu'l Qarnayn | Bust right in circle with Greek legend all around outside/circle with 2-line Arabic legend and Greek legend all around outside | 2 | Iz claims the head is beadless. | |
| 13 | same, but 3-line legend in circle | 16.4 Dan-2 |
2 | Head obviously bearded | |
| 14 | same | 2 | |||
| 15 | same, but Greek a bit shorter | 2 | |||
| 16 | Nasr al-Din Mehemed | Two Byzantine figures, Virgin crowns king | 16.5 Dan-3 |
3 | Large. 30 mm. Whelan photo is reduced. |
| 17 | same | 3 | |||
| 18 | Not figural | -- | Large. 32 mm. | ||
| 19 | Fakhr al-Din Qasim | Lion left, paw raised, head back/4-line Arabic legend | 17.7 Dan-5 |
5 | Large 30 mm. Whelan photo is reduced. |
| 20 | same | 5 | |||
| 21 | Nasr al-Din Mehemed (second reign) | Horseman right spearing serpent | 16.6 Dan-4 |
4 | Large. 30 mm. Similar to Roger of Salerno (which is much smaller) |
| 22 | Not figural. | -- | |||
| 23 | 'Imad al-Din Dhu'lnun | lion-rider w. sword in circle, Arabic around/4-line legend in circle and legend around | 17.9 Dan-6 |
6 | 28 mm. |
| 24 | similar, but lion-rider in larger circle and no legend around | -- |
6.2 | ||
| 25 | Not figural. | -- | |||
| 26 | Not figural. | -- | |||
| 27 | Not figural. | -- | |||
| 28 | Not figural. | -- | |||
| 29 | Nizam al-Din Yaghibsan | Bust right in dotted circle with Arabic around/3-line legend | 17.11 Dan-7 |
7 | |
| 30 | similar to 29 but smaller bust left | 7.2 | |||
| 31 | Not figural. | -- | |||
| 32 | Shams al-Din Isma'il | Seated figure (Christ?) enthroned facing, Arabic legend all around/3-line legend | 17.12 Dan-8 |
8 | 31-30 mm. |
| 33 | same | 8 | Very minor difference in the figure | ||
| 06x | Amir Ghazi Danishmend | Bust of Christ/4-line Greek lettering, as #3 above but small and lettering lower-case (Did lower-case exist?) | 1 | 18 mm. |