I guess it's time for my annual Best Of list for 2022. Overall it was a pretty good year for my collection. I obtained two types that had been...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Traxiane mint. AR drachm (20 mm, 4.01 g). Orodes II (57- 38 BCE). Obverse: Diademed bust left, no star or crescent...
(image borrowed from seller as my photos didn't come out well) [ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AE pashiz (19 mm). Vahram V (420- 438). Obverse:...
Next up in my review of my Baltimore Whitman show haul: two Kushano-Sasanian bronze coins. [ATTACH] Coin 1: Kushano-Sasanians. AE 15. Hormazd...
I've worked up two more coins from my Whitman Baltimore haul and am ready to present my findings: [ATTACH] Coin 1: Bactria. AE square obol (21 x...
I have some free time today, so I will start to research and ID my Baltimore haul. First: a coin that I (correctly) guessed was Indo-Parthian:...
I attended the Fall 2022 Baltimore Whitman show today. Usually I go on the Friday, but this year I have work obligations on Friday so I attended...
Although there's still two months left in the year (including the Baltimore show at the end of this month), I'm almost certain that I've already...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. Amul mint. AR drachm. Khusro I (531-579). Regnal Year 20. Obverse: Bust of king right, name before. Reverse:...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. Lead pashiz (17 mm, 3.76 g). Varhran V (420- 438). Obverse: Bust of king right, uncertain symbol in front....
[ATTACH] Japan. AR 1 yen. Meiji 16 (1883 AD). Multiple Chinese merchant or banker chopmarks on obverse and reverse, plus on reverse character...
... and I think I like this one even more than the previous one: [ATTACH] Celtic Central Europe and Asia Minor. AR drachm (2.80 g). c.2nd...
... but this one looked cool and the price was right: [ATTACH] Carpathian Celts. c.3rd-1st century BC. AR reduced tetradrachm. Imitation of...
[ATTACH] Indo-Parthian countermark on Parthian host coin. Host coin: Phraates IV (38-2 BC), Margiana mint (Sellwood type 52.19) AR drachm (2.74...
I have a backlog of coins that I haven't shared yet, so instead of procrastinating until I can produce thorough write-ups, I'm just going to go...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR drachm. Hormazd IV (579- 590 AD), Royal Year 3. Narmashir mint. Obverse: Bust of king right, Pahlavi inscription...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Nisa mint. Debased AR drachm. Phraatakes (2 BC- AD 4). Obverse: Diademed bust of Phraatakes left, crescent and...
[ATTACH] Seljuks of Rum. Sulayman II (592-600 AH/ 1196-1204 AD). AE fals (30 mm). Obverse: Horseman right. Reverse: Arabic inscription....
[ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. Court mint. AR drachm. Yazdegard I (399-420 AD). Obverse: Bust of Yazdegard I right, legend in Pahlavi script...
[ATTACH] Kushan Kingdom. Kanishka I (c.127-147 AD). AE didrachm (or double unit, or half unit) (8.07 g). Obverse: King standing with trident...
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