Azərbaycanın dövlət rəmzlərinə və atributlarına dair məqalələr

Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin İşlər İdarəsininPREZİDENT KİTABXANASI──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────Coins minted in Dar es Salaam with the names of several Abbasid caliphs have also been found in Baku.They include coins of Al-Mansur (754-755), Harun Al-Rashid (786-809), Al-Mamun (813-833) and Al-Wathik(842-847). Excavations unearthed copper coins minted by the Shirvanshahs; silver and copper coins minted bythe Ildegaz, Seljuks and Ilkhanids; silver and copper coins minted by the Qaraqoyunlu, Agqoyunlu andSafavids; and coins minted by the 18th-century Azerbaijani khanates.As there has been no systematic archaeological research, it has been impossible to determine which culturallayers the coins belong to. Some of them were discovered in 1997-98 by Farhad Ibrahimov, head of thearchaeological expedition of Baku, during reconstruction work on Mansur Mansurov, Injesenet, Boyuk Qala,Muslum Maqomayev, Qulla and Asaf Zeynalli streets.In 1994, Farhad Ibrahimov discovered an ancient copper coin near the Mahammad Mosque in Baku.There is a fine human image on the obverse of the coin, while the reverse features the image of a vessel.Researchers do not agree on the age of the coin. Prof. M. Seyfaddini says that the coin was minted during theAchaemenid Persian Empire, but I. Babayev believes that it is a Roman-Greek type of coin and therefore datesback to the 2nd-3rd centuries.During work in the basement of building No 16, Qasr Street in Baku, which was destroyed by anearthquake on 25 November 2000, three copper coins of the Roman Emperor Diocletian (284-305 AD) werediscovered by construction workers and given to us. Numismatic analysis of the coins shows that they werelocally minted coins made to look like originals.A copper coin minted during the rule of Roman Emperor Augustus was unearthed 2.2 metres belowground during excavations at Qasr Street in the Old City (opposite the former British Council building) in 2003.During construction at 4-6, Kichik Qala Street in the Old City in 2004, a silver coin minted during thereign of Roman Emperor Galba (68-69 AD) was found. The coin was presented to us by Khanlar muallim, headof the construction company.A copper coin minted during the rule of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD) was unearthedduring excavations in the basement at 4-5, Asaf Zeynalli Street in 2004. It was impossible to determine the540