Very nice! I have a couple of Civil War Tokens that are also campaign pieces for Abraham Lincoln's re-election campaign in 1864: [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] Numidia. AR denarius (3.53 g). Juba I (60-46 BC). Obverse: Bearded bust of Juba right, with diadem and scepter, hair in fancy curls,...
My first Parthian collection had about 400 coins, all different, and it was nowhere near complete. But if by "a series that I can finish" you...
(photo from seller because I can't get a decent picture of the coin) [ATTACH] Lycia. Local dynasts under Achaemenid Persian rule. Mithrapata...
[ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian. Zubayrid Caliphate. AR drachm. Umar ibn Ubaydallah, governor, dated 70 AH (689 AD). Bishapur mint. Obverse:...
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Very nice, the Tabaristan series is a cool self-contained little set. There were coins issued for three independent rulers (the Dabuyid dynasty)...
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Very nice write-up @Valentinian . Here's an AE fals of the Samanid ruler Mansur I, struck in Bukhara and dated 356 AH (AD 967): [ATTACH]
Actually, I'm perfectly fine with this. Most American viewers have at least a vague understanding of upper-class versus lower-class British...
Very nice coin! I like Ariobarzanes' use of the epithet "Philoromaios" in the legend- he knew which regional power would ultimately win and he...
Some good suggestions by @Only a Poor Old Man for primary texts. If you're also interested in modern historians' take, I recommend the work of...
The best recent book on Sasanian history that I know of is "Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire" by Touraj Daryaee. An older but...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Empire. AR drachm (3.96 g, 27 mm). Ardashir II (379-383 AD). Obverse: Bust of king right, Pahlavi inscription around...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR drachm (26 mm). Vahram II (c.276-293 AD). Obverse: Busts of King Vahram and Queen Shabuhrdukhtag facing right,...
Unfortunately I've been very tardy in posting my wins this year. Here's what I did post in Q2 and Q3. A scarce Parthian tetradrachm of Vonones...
I like the sharp portrait on this as of Domitian, with Moneta on reverse: [ATTACH] And this provincial bronze from Caesarea Maritime in Judaea is...
Hmm, Claudius Alexandrian diobol with a hippo on reverse: [ATTACH] CTBS, friend.:woot:
I can state, with near-100% certainty, that I am the only CT member who owns a coin of the Khazars: [ATTACH] Khazar Khaganate. AR dirham (26 mm,...
Well, since you asked for coins of Khusro I, here's a drachm from Darabgard: [ATTACH]
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