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Seljuk Gold 1/3 Dinar of Mahmud II (minted in Nahavand in 1128):

 

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Kingdom of Hungary Silver Denar of Nikola III Zrinski (father of the Croatian national hero Nikola IV Zrinski (more commonly known as Nikola Šubić Zrinski)), minted in Kostajnica, Croatia in 1531:

 

Dutch Gold 7 Gulden (minted in Dordrecht in 1749):

 

The coin I would like to present here is probably the rarest from Nicopolis. Nina Hristova has written: „Gospodin and I are very happy to know that you have the rarest coin of Nikopolis! Gospodin said, that he never think to see ths coin! Nicopolis must be updated specially for thie new Haimos! Nina“


Moesia inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Macrinus, AD 217-218
AE 28, 11.12g, 27.87mm, 195°
struck under governor Marcus Claudius Agrippa
Obv.: AVT K OΠΠEΛ C-EVH MA[KPINOC]
Bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, laureate, r.
Rev.: VΠ AΓPIΠΠA NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC I / CTPΩ
Naked youth (mountain god Haimos), wearing only a light robe over his right
shoulder and knees, with boots, sitting right on a rock and looking left, the right
arm with a hunting speer resting on a tree behind him; his left hand above his
head
in the right field AIMOC
Ref.: a) AMNG I/1, 1700, Pl. III, 24 (1 ex., Bassarabescu)
b) Moushmov 1295, pl. XI, 33
c) not in Varbanov. Varbanov lists 2 other types:
#3390 AVT K M OPEL CEV, without spear, and
#3391 AVT K OPELL CEVH, with spear, bust bust laureate
d) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2020) 8.23.43,4 (this coin)
unique, F+, dark green patina

Note: Nicolae Bassarabescu was director of the journal "Poporul", 1890, in Bukarest/Romania, and a known collector.

This is the only coin on which the mountain god sits to the right rather than to the left. But the special thing about this coin is its history too! A glance at the pictures in Pick, Moushmov, Varbanov and Hristova/Jekov shows that they all depict the same coin! But since Pick had the coin of Bassarabescu in his hand, all the others were copied from him. So there was only 1 copy of this coin, namely that of Bassarabescu! A spear cannot be seen in these pictures. But Curtis Clay thinks that there must have been a spear, otherwise Pick would not have described it. According to Varbanov, there are 3 different types, which I think is questionable


After Pick described this coin in 1898, it disappeared in the confusion of time. Now, after 116 years, a second specimen has turned up. It is nothing short of a miracle and it is not without reason that it has a place of honour among the coins of Nicopolis ad Istrum!

Kind regards
Jochen

 

Byblos - Julia Domna (193 - 217). AE 24-25 mm, 7.84 g, 1 h.
Obv.: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CЄ(B?), draped bust of Julia Domna, right
Rev.: ΙЄΡΑC ΒΥΒΛΟΥ, Isis standing, right, wearing basileion (?), holding sail

This coin must be very rare: only two specimens known, including this one.

I could find few references. The RPC database does not include the Severian family yet. No specimen at the BNF, British Museum, ANS... Not in Wildwinds, no specimen in acsearch.info . The old catalogue by Rouvier (Numismatique des Villes de la Phénicie) does not mention it. One specimen is mentioned by Dimitri Baramki, The Coin Collection Of The American University Of Beirut Museum, but without a photo ( = Laurent Bricault ed., Sylloge Nummorum Religionis Isiacae et Sarapiacae, Paris (De Boccard) 2008, under ref. SNRIS Byblus 18).

As far as I know, there are two known specimens: the one in the American University of Beirut Museum, and this one... I sent photos and data of my coin to RPC.

 

Zand Gold 1/8 Mohur of Karim Khan Zand (minted in Dar al-'Ibada Yazd sometime between 1753 and 1779):



I didn't even know a 1/8 Mohur of Karim Khan Zand existed until I saw it at the CNG auction!

 

Republic of Florence Gold Fiorino Largo (minted in Florence in the first semester of 1464 by the Mint Master for Gold Bartolo Tebaldi, during the reign of Cosimo de' Medici):

 

Indo-Greek Silver Tetradrachm of Hermaeus (minted sometime between 55 and 50 BCE):

 

Caliphate of Cordoba Gold Dinar of Abd al-Rahman III (minted at the al-Andalus (Cordoba) mint by the Mint Master Qasim ibn Khalib in either 943 or 944):

 

Papal States Gold Fiorino di Camera of Alexander VI (minted in Rome sometime between 1492 and 1503):

 

Ilkhanate Gold Dinar of Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (minted in Bayburt in either 1332 or 1333):



This is the only Gold coin ever recorded for the Bayburt mint.

 

Ilkhanate Silver 2 Dirhams of Uljaytu (minted in Shushtar in either 1310 or 1311):

 

Tahirid Silver Dirham of Tahir ibn Husayn (minted in Zaranj in 822):

 

Ilkhanate Silver 2 Dirhams of Suleiman Khan (minted in Tabriz in 1339):

 

I managed to find the coin in the Checklist of Islamic Coins, it is a 2248 type A, which is a RR (very rare) coin.

 

Idrisid Silver Dirham of Yahya I (minted in Walila (Volubilis) in either 824 or 825):



This is a RRR coin.

 

Ottoman Silver Uthmani of Suleiman I (minted in Sana in 1548 or 1549):



This is a RRR coin.

 

Ottoman Gold Dinar of Murad III (minted in Tilimsan in either 1586 or 1587):

 

Ak Koyunlu Gold Ashrafi of Uzun Hasan (minted in Tabriz in either 1475 or 1476):

 

Rassid Silver Sudaysi of al-Hadi (minted in Sana sometime between 897 and 911):



This is a RRR coin.