Islamic. Seljuks of Rum. Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II. First reign, AH 634-644 / AD 1237-1246. AR Dirhem (22mm, 3.01g). Siwas mint. Dated AH 640...
Good spot to show a recent addition: Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 15.12g, 12h). Commagene mint(?). Struck AD 19-20. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI...
Anonymous, Time of Basil II & Constantine VIII. Circa AD 1020-1028. Æ Follis (27mm, 9.01g, 6h). Constantinople mint, Class 3. Obv: Nimbate bust of...
Thanks Broucheion, very interesting!
Trajan, AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 24.80g, 7h). Rome mint, AD 103-111. Obv: IMP C[AES NER]VAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P; Bust...
Iberia. Carteia. Circa first century BC. Æ Semis (20mm, 7.13g, 10h). Obv: Head of Jupiter-Saturn right, S before. Rev: CARTEIA; Dolphin left,...
Kingdom of Armenia, Cilician Armenia. Hetoum II, AD 1289-1305. AE Kardez (22x25mm. 3.73g, 5h). Sis mint. Obv: Armenian legend around Bust of...
"In the syncretic atmosphere of Late Antiquity, agathodaemons could be bound up with Egyptian bringers of security and good fortune..." -...
Maybe it is simply evidence of previous provenance? Could your coin have come from Monnaies et Medailles S.A. in a prior sale? Since "Davis and...
Thanks for this link - it certainly makes it easier see the evolution of the attributions, which can be extremely confusing. This point has...
Seleukid Empire. Alexander I Balas, 152-145 BC. Æ18 (5.12g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Obv Head of Alexander right, wearing lion skin....
Celtic Tribes. Illyria, Dyrrhachion imitation. Circa 1st century BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.41g). Obv: Cow standing right with suckling calf; garbled...
Roman Republic. L. Memmius. 109-108 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88g). Rome mint. Obv: Male head right, wearing oak wreath; mark of value below chin....
Thanks very much! I do have a few others. I can't say that I have yet made a study of each Series or a concerted effort to get different types....
What I really understand about the subject could fit on a Tetartemorion, but this is where the series is placed by Metcalf, based on find spots...
British Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas. Circa AD 710-765. AR Sceatt (11mm, 1.15 g, 3h). Series R3, type 77b. mint in East Anglia. Obv: Radiate...
Cilicia, Kelenderis. Circa 2nd-1st Century BC. Æ 22 (6.62g, 12h). Obv: Draped, turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right, AΣ behind. Rev:...
I have not gotten around to taking a new picture since it's "liberation", but I really like the big-nosed style on this one. Egypt, Alexandria....
Three way tie. Pet Rooster from Campania. Campania, Cales. Circa 265-240 BC. Æ19 (6.98g, 7h). Obv: Head of Athena left, wearing crested...
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