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  1. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    Another Indo Sasanian Khusro II, ca. 590-628 AD 590-628 Khusro II obv (2).JPG 590-628 Khusro II rev (2).JPG AR Drachm
     
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  3. Pellinore

    Pellinore Well-Known Member

    Yours is (I believe) an Imperial Sasanian coin, a regular, not an Indo-imitation, like this one is (albeit rather late, around the year 1000), of the middle-Indian dynasty of the Chalukyas:

    5521 Chaulukyas wo.jpg
     
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  4. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    zeno #238982. They call it Iran-Sasanian. I erred in saying Indo-Sasanian.
     
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  5. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    I love those Gadhaiya Paisas, have 18 of them now, want more. 800-1300 Gadhaiya Paisa obv (12).JPG 800-1300 Gadhaiya Paisa rev (12).JPG
     
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  6. Pellinore

    Pellinore Well-Known Member

    Tomorrow is April 1, 2020. This Parthian tetradrachm (from Iran) will reach the age of 2021 next month. I wanted a Phraataces tetradrachm for a long time, and here it is!

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    Phraataces (2 BC-4 AD). AR tetradrachm. Obv. Bust to the left, pointed beard, Nike flying at his left. Ear is visible. Rev. King enthroned to the right with bow; Date AIT (311), [A]PTEMISI[OV] (April) = 1 BC. 26 mm, 10.13 gr. Sellwood 57.4.
     
  7. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Parthia to Abbasid Caliphate
    AV Dinar AH321 Madinat al-Salam Mint
    Caliph al-Qahir 932-34AD 011e1b94ea2717f9183b8b26698ef6ca.jpg
     
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  8. Pellinore

    Pellinore Well-Known Member

    Baghdad (Irak) > Sasanian dynasty (Iran). Three Sasanians for the price of one: the King of Kings, the Queen of Queens and the Prince of Princes.

    5398 Varhran ii ct.jpg

    Bahram/ Varhran II (274-293), AR drachm. 28 mm, 3.98 gr.
     
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  9. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    AH1356/1938 Saudi Arabia 1 ghirsh 1938 SA 1 q obv.JPG 1938 SA 1 q rev.JPG
     
  10. Pellinore

    Pellinore Well-Known Member

    Saudi Arabia > poor Yemen.

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    Himyarites (Homerites) AR about 1st century AD. Obv. Man’s head with diademe to the left. Rev. Bucranium with antelope's horn and plumes. 16.9 mm, 2.44 gr.
     
  11. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Oman
    AV 75 Rials 1976
    Birmingham Mint
    Conservation Series e026c77bdbcf8ef6522edddb73a870f8.jpg
     
  12. Nathan F

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  14. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    AH1381/1962 Muscat & Oman 5 baisa 1962 MnO 5 b obv.JPG 1962 MnO 5 b rev.JPG
     
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  15. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Axumite Empire
    AV 1/8 Aureus ND
    Aphilus 290-300AD
    This Empire covered an area of what is today
    Ethipia
    Eritrea
    Somalia
    Dijoubti
    Oman
    Yemen
    S. Saudi Arabia 00679Q00.jpg
     
  16. Pellinore

    Pellinore Well-Known Member

    Apparently it's not easy to go somewhere else from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, Oman, Yemen or Southern Arabia, so let's travel north, to Egypt.

    3137 Hadr diob ct.jpg

    Hadrianus 117-138, Roman Egypt. Mint Alexandria. AE23, AD 133-134. Diobol. Obv.: Laureate head right. Rev.: Apis bull to the right on ground line, altar right. Date IH = 18. 23 mm, 8.78 gr. Emmett 1114.
     
  17. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    Very handsome coin there! Here is one a bit newer, from Israel. 2002 10 New Sheqalim 2002 IL 10 ns obv.JPG 2002 IL 10 ns rev.JPG
     
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  18. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Israel to Syria

    AV Solidus (poor photo) ex: Tkalec AG Auction 2005 IMG_1045.JPG IMG_1048.JPG
     
  19. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    From Syria we'll take a short cruise to Egypt. I picked these up when I was over there in 2001:

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  20. Pellinore

    Pellinore Well-Known Member

    And from Egypt we may take a short cruise to Sicily, that about a thousand year ago was an outpost of the Fatimid dynasty that ruled Northern Africa.

    I always found this a fascinating coin type. It's a sort of mill consisting of prayers.

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    Gold quarter dinar Fatimids about 1060. Al-Mustansir 1036-1094. Siqillyah (=Sicily). Stellate type. 15 mm, 0.77 gr. Obv.: the centre field consists of the kalima, and the marginal inscription consists of verse 33 from Chapter 9 of the Holy Qur’an. Rev.: the centre field has the name and title of Al-Mustansir, and the marginal inscription provides the mint name and date. Album 722.
     
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  21. DEA

    DEA Well-Known Member

    Y'all have some fantastic coins. From Sicily, an even shorter cruise to Malta.

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