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Golden coin of Tiberius II Constantine
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565-578 AD. AV Solidus (4.44 gm, 6h). Carthage mint. Dated RY(?) 6 (570/1 AD). D N IVSTINVS P P AV, diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield VICTORIA AVGGG, Constantinople seated facing, head right, holding spear and globus cruciger; S/CONOB. DOC I 190d
Solidus of Justin II — 565-578 AD. AV Solidus (4.44 gm, 6h). Carthage mint. Dated RY(?) 6 (570/1 AD). D N IVSTINVS P P AV, diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield VICTORIA AVGGG, Constantinople seated facing, head right, holding spear and globus cruciger; S/CONOB. DOC I 190d
Photo Credit: By Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10995008
Solidus of Justin II 565-578 AD. AV Solidus (4.44 gm, 6h). Carthage mint. Dated RY(?) 6 (570/1 AD). D N IVSTINVS P P AV, diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield VICTORIA AVGGG, Constantinople seated facing, head right, holding spear and globus cruciger; S/CONOB. DOC I 190d
Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates
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back of the Holy Crown of Hungary
Michael VII Doukas — back of the Holy Crown of Hungary
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Michael VII Doukas back of the Holy Crown of Hungary
cropped from photo of Kutalmişoğlu Süleyman Şah Monument in Tarsus , Mersin
Suleiman ibn Qutalmish — cropped from photo of Kutalmişoğlu Süleyman Şah Monument in Tarsus , Mersin
Photo Credit: By CeeGee - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39580018
Suleiman ibn Qutalmish cropped from photo of Kutalmişoğlu Süleyman Şah Monument in Tarsus , Mersin
Toghrol Tower and ruins of Rhey Yezid , near Tehran
Photo Credit: By Eugène Flandin - Voyage en Perse, avec Flandin, éd. Gide et Baudry, 1851, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29152084
Detail of brickwork of upper sections. The Seljuki style is readily observable.
Toghrol Tower — Detail of brickwork of upper sections. The Seljuki style is readily observable.
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Toghrol Tower Detail of brickwork of upper sections. The Seljuki style is readily observable.
Portal and interior
Toghrol Tower — Portal and interior
Photo Credit: By Matthias Blume - Own work, additional images here., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3320023
Toghrol Tower Portal and interior
Details of the tower built of brick, Ruins of Rei
Toghrol Tower — Details of the tower built of brick, Ruins of Rei
Photo Credit: By Pascal Coste - Monuments modernes de la Perse mesurés, dessinés et décrits, éd. Morel, 1867, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29244347
Toghrol Tower Details of the tower built of brick, Ruins of Rei
The 12th-century Seljuk-era Tughrul Tower in Ray, Iran
Photo Credit: By Fars News Agency, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68431413
... until Alp Arslan learned in Aleppo of the Byzantine advance. He returned north and met the Byzantines north of Lake Van.
Having made peace with the Byzantines, the Seljuks intended to attack Egypt — ... until Alp Arslan learned in Aleppo of the Byzantine advance. He returned north and met the Byzantines north of Lake Van.
Photo Credit: By Bakayna - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29645174
Having made peace with the Byzantines, the Seljuks intended to attack Egypt ... until Alp Arslan learned in Aleppo of the Byzantine advance. He returned north and met the Byzantines north of Lake Van.