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		Areibman on Aug 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The changing iconography of Byzantine gold coinage Also somewhat interesting is the design of Ottoman coins. Whereas the Byzantines imprinted religious figures and rulers on the coins, Ottoman coinage completely lacked human depictions (not even of Sultans) and was imprinted with Ottoman Turkish script. Very similar to how Christian frescoes were plastered over in the Hagia Sophia

knifie_spoonie on Aug 17, 2022 | [–]

> Ottoman coinage completely lacked human depictions

Quite likely due to Islamic aniconism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniconism_in_Islam

koheripbal on Aug 17, 2022 | [–]

This was the influence of iconoclasm. Something championed in islam and even made brief inroads into Christianity.

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