Hello there,
I am looking for some opinions on a coin I am struggling with.
This is a well documented piece of "King Béla, the third" of Hungary, most literature agrees that the obverse is a "kufic nonsense ornament", but I tend to see "Malik Bela" in the script, which stands for "King Béla" in Arabic.
Is this only because I want to see this or can you also decode it this way?
Any opinions very welcome!
Here it is: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces49229.html
Thanks a lot