"Follow The Leader" coin thread BY THEME (for ALL types of coins, tokens, and medals)

Wow this is an amazing example of history!! Stunning! Here's one of my relatively few medieval European coins.

Kingdom of France
1285-1314 CE
BI Double Tournois; 0.75g - 19mm
Issued under Philip IV

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80-60 BC Indo-Greek Apollodotos II Ar drachm

 

Samanid Empire
al-Shash Mint
905 CE (292 AH)
AE Falus; 2.37g 27mm
Issued under Isma'il b. Ahmad
Ref.: Album#1444​

 

Anglo Saxon Sceat, 600 to 775 AD
Spink 790G Series E

 

Love this example!

Elymais Kingdom
Circa 100-180 CE
AE Drachm; 3.79g 14mm
Obv: Bust of king facing, anchor to right with moon above and middle; all with dotted border
Rev: Unclear design within dotted border​

 

Elymais Orodes II Drachm, 100AD

 

The busts on these Elymais coins always reminded me of the mystical king busts on the rocks in the animated Disney movie Atlantis. The movie probably draws on classical art styles like this for designs.

Ghaznavid Empire
Bust Mint, present-day Lashkargah, SW Afghanistan
1012 CE (403 AH)
Issued under Mahmud
AE Broad Fals; 5.61g 30mm
Ref.: Album 1614​

 

I always thought they looked "Nordic". Perhaps just the one i have.

 

Had to make a guess on this one. All of the images I could find show the seated ruler with a severed head hanging from his left hand.

Artuqids of Mardin, Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan AH 580-597 , AD 1184-1201

 

Maybe something like this? I can't read the Arabic so if you can and it indicates Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan then I'd stick with that attribution but the figure design appears to be called "Seated Figure on Throne" and looks to have been issued under Nasir al-din Artuq Arslan. See this search for more.

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Septa mania/ Visigoth Kings
AV Tremissis ND Cordoba Mint
Erwig 680-87AD

 

That's it! Thank you.

 

Always glad to help with an ID! Lord knows I've gotten my fair share of hope from the online communities like this.

Mughal Empire of India
Dogaon Mint
Issued under Akbar
1556-1605 CE
AE Dam; 20.29g - 21mm wide, 6 mm thick
Probably present-day village of Dogon near Nanpara, India along Nepal border​

 

India Hindu Shahi Kings - Sri Samanta Deva

 

Hellenistic Kingdom of Pontus
85-65 BCE
AE Copper
Obv: Aegis or Gorgon facing front
Rev: Nike walking right, carrying palm-branch with AMI to left, ΣOY to right​

 

Mithradates the Great - Mithradates VI of Pontos , c 125-100BC

 

Indonesia
Recovered from Musi River in Palembang, Sumatra
Local Imitation
Produced circa 1635-1750 CE
Imitating a Tang Dynasty Chinese coin first produced in 621 CE
Obv: Kai Yuan Tong Bao (top-bottom-right-left)
Rev: Blank
Ref.: Hartill GCC#3.50​

 

360-460, Kota Kula family in Punjab, AE unit

 

Palembang, Sumatra uniface tin pitis, circa 1700s, Alaa min sultan, R#17

 

Jambi Sultanate
Circa 1743-1790 CE
Tin Pitis
'Sultan Anum Sri Ingalaga'​