[ATTACH] Normans of Sicily. Messina mint. AE follaro (13 mm, 2.00 g). Tancred (1189-1194) with his son and co-king Roger III (1192-1193)....
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Seleukia on the Tigris mint. AE core of fourree tetradrachm (10.67 g, 25 mm). Vologases I (c.51- 78 CE), dated 380...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Persian kingdom. AR drachm. Kavad I, second reign (499-531), dated Royal Year x8 (probably 18). Obverse: Crowned bust of...
[ATTACH] Elymais. AE drachm. Phraates (c. early-mid 2nd century CE). Obverse: Bearded bust of king left, wearing diadem and tiara with...
First coin I think is Nepal, second is Tibet. Very roughly 19th century, datewise. These can be dated/attributed a lot more precisely, if you...
[ATTACH] Ilkhans (Mongols of Persia). AR dirham 2.76 g, 21 mm). Possibly Tabriz mint. Time of Abaqa (1265-1282 CE/665- 680 AH), date unclear...
[ATTACH] China. North and South Dynasties period, Northern Wei, Emperor Xiao Zhuang, Yong An period (c.529 CE). AE cash (22 mm). Obverse: Four...
China, Zhejiang (Chekiang) Province, 10 cash, no date (1903-1906). I really like the Chinese Imperial dragon on the reverse: [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Abbasid Revolution. AE fals (1.92 g, 21 mm). Mint not clear, dated 131 AH (749 CE), in name of Abu Muslim. Obverse: First half of...
[ATTACH] Elymais. AE drachm (3.71 g, 17 mm). Orodes II (c. early-mid 2nd century CE). Obverse: Facing bust of king, with long beard and tiara,...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Mithradatkart mint. AR drachm (3.77 g, 19 mm). Phraates IV (38- 2 BCE). Obverse: Bearded and diademed bust of king...
I have been informed by @Finn235 that my instinct that coin #2 might be an imitative later issue is correct. It was actually issued by the Huns...
[ATTACH] Coin #1. Gupta Empire. AR drachm (2.0 g, 13 mm). Kumaragupta I (c.414- 455). Obverse: Stylized bust of king right, dotted border...
[ATTACH] Abbasid Caliphate. AR dirham (2.96 g, 21 mm). Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) mint. al-Mustansir (1226-1242), dated 637 AH (1239-40 CE)....
I still don't own any cob coins, and this one is a pedigreed shipwreck coin too? Count me in! Obligatory coin-related content: There's a...
[ATTACH] Zengid Atabegs of Sinjar. AE dirham (21 mm). Sinjar mint. 'Imad al-Din Zengi II (1170-1197 CE). Obverse: Double-headed eagle,...
@lordmarcovan : An excellent question! There are pictorial issues scattered throughout Islamic coinage, but they tend to be concentrated in...
[ATTACH] Ilkhans (Mongols of Persia). AE fals. Mint and date not readable. Abu Sa'id (1316-1335 CE/716-736 AH(. Obverse: Standard religious...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Seleukia on the Tigris mint. AR or billon tetradrachm (14.28 g, 24 mm). Vardanes I (c.38- 46 CE). Dated Apellaios...
It's from Japan, a Tempo Tsuho coin, value 100 mon, issued c. 1835-1870. It's a bona fide coin, issued by the Japanese government and everything....
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